Security; SOC Analyst, Secret Clearance Required

Overview

Make a difference here. Ultra Violet Cyber is a leading platform-enabled unified security operations company providing a comprehensive suite of security operations solutions. Founded and operated by security practitioners with decades of experience, the Ultra Violet Cyber security-as-code platform combines technology innovation and human expertise to make advanced real-time cybersecurity accessible for all organizations by eliminating risks of separate red and blue teams.

Ultra Violet Cyber provides continuously optimized identification, detection, and resilience from today’s dynamic threat landscape, delivering managed and custom-tailored unified security operations solutions to the Fortune 500, Federal Government, and Commercial clients. Ultra Violet Cyber is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with global offices across the U.S. and in India.

Ultra Violet Cyber is seeking a Security (SOC) Analyst who will monitor and analyze security events and alerts reported by the SIEM on a 24x7 basis to identify and investigate suspicious or malicious activity, or other cyber events which violate policy. The Security Analyst will work with a large team that rotates 3x12 or 4x12 hour shifts. The position requires a US Government issued Secret Clearance, and requires 5 days onsite per week in Herndon, VA.

The analyst will be responsible for analyzing logs and events from devices that may send logs or events to the SOC in the future. Non-traditional device feeds will deliver data to the SIEM architecture (e.g., Human Resources data, badge information, and physical security devices, etc.).

The analyst will provide documentation detailing any additional information collected and maintained for each security investigation. The analyst will record all artifacts (e.g., emails, logs, documents, URLs, screenshots, etc.) associated with all security events and incident investigations within the SOC incident and tracking application.

Must be legally allowed to work in the US, and the work must be done in the US.
No third-party candidates will be considered

• Active US Secret Security Clearance
• 3+ years of experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Network Operations Center (NOC) environment performing security event monitoring and analysis
• Working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g., Windows, OS X, Linux) commonly deployed in enterprise networks
• Working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS) and common internet applications and standards (e.g., SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS)
• Familiarity with adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
• Capability to analyze security logs and events from devices such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, HIDS/HIPS, proxies, web filters, vulnerability scanners, routers, IP accounting systems (e.g., Cisco Net Flow), VPN gateways, server event logs, email and host anti-virus, desktop security monitoring agents, anti-virus servers, and IP services (DNS, DHCP)
• Understanding of network address translation devices, MDM, PKI, and cloud security infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, Oracle, Salesforce)

• 8570 Certification(s):
  Security+ or equivalent
• Clearance Requirements:
  Secret Clearance
• High school diploma required

• Certification(s):
  Security+, GCIH, CEH, or CYSA+ is desired
• Experience with Splunk query language
• Experience with IDS/IPS/firewall/security configurations and signature development
• Experience with PCAP analysis
• Experience with Tanium threat response
• Ability to analyze IT security events to discern legitimate incidents; identify malicious code and activities within an enterprise network
• Experience with ticket management systems for documenting security investigations
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills; ability to produce clear security incident reports and briefings
• Experience monitoring operational status of monitoring components and escalating outages
• Conceptual understanding of Windows Active Directory
• Experience with various event logging systems and SIEM platforms that perform log collection, analysis, correlation, and alerting
• Experience identifying and implementing counter-measures for deployment in the enterprise network
• Experience in collecting and maintaining information pertinent to security investigations for situational awareness and law enforcement efforts

• 401(k), with employer match of 100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 2%
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Group Term Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life, Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and/or Critical Illness
• Participation in the Discretionary Time Off (DTO) Program
• 11 Paid Holidays Annually

We sincerely thank all applicants in advance for submitting their interest in this position. We know your time is valuable. Ultra Violet Cyber welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual…