SOC Operations Manager

Revolutional delivers advanced technology solutions and mission support to federal agencies across civilian, health, and national security environments. We apply modern capabilities, including AI/ML, cloud, cybersecurity, and IT modernization to solve complex challenges, enable faster and more secure operations, and drive measurable mission outcomes. We are redefining how federal technology gets built and delivered by operating with a product mindset, prioritizing speed, ownership, and execution over bureaucracy.

Location:

Washington, DC, Ft. Collins, CO, or Kansas City, MO (remote optional, local preferred)

Terms:

Full-time

Salary: $150-190k DOE

Clearance:
Active Secret required

Travel: 0-10%

This position supports a large-scale federal security operations program delivering 24/7/365 continuous monitoring, intrusion detection, incident response, and threat intelligence across a complex enterprise network environment. The SOC operates under demanding federal cybersecurity compliance requirements and supports multiple government stakeholders across classified and unclassified networks.

As a SOC Operations Manager at Revolutional, you lead the Tier 2 Threat Watch Officer function and are the senior operational authority for event validation, incident assessment, and analyst oversight during your watch. You validate and confirm security events, assess operational impact, correlate anomalies across IDS, IPS, and SIEM platforms, and make real-time recommendations that shape the program's defensive posture.

• Tier 2 Threat Watch Officer function and operational leadership
• Security event validation, impact assessment, and escalation decisions
• IDS/IPS/SIEM anomaly correlation and network configuration recommendations
• Intrusion detection signature authorship and maintenance
• High Value Asset monitoring and protection oversight
• Tier 1 analyst oversight, performance, and operational discipline
• Interagency coordination for significant security events
• Current threat awareness and its application to enterprise security posture

• Lead the Tier 2 Threat Watch Officer function; serve as the senior operational authority for event triage, validation, and incident assessment during assigned watch periods
• Validate and confirm security events; assess operational impact and determine appropriate response actions, escalation paths, and stakeholder notifications
• Correlate anomalies across IDS, IPS, and SIEM platforms to distinguish genuine threats from false positives and identify complex, multi-vector attack patterns
• Recommend network configuration changes to mitigate identified threats, close detection gaps, and strengthen defensive posture
• Author and maintain intrusion detection signatures to improve detection fidelity against current and emerging threat actors and TTPs
• Monitor High Value Assets and ensure heightened detection coverage, alert fidelity, and response readiness for critical systems
• Coordinate with law enforcement, counterintelligence, and interagency partners on significant security events requiring external collaboration or notification
• Oversee Tier 1 SOC analysts; direct workload, validate analyst actions, enforce SOC procedures, and provide real-time coaching during active events
• Maintain current awareness of the threat landscape, adversary TTPs, and emerging attack vectors; actively apply threat intelligence to improve program detection and response capabilities
• Develop and contribute to SOC playbooks, standard operating procedures, and shift documentation
• Produce accurate shift reports, incident summaries, and escalation notifications for program leadership and government stakeholders
• Write scripts in Python or equivalent languages to automate analyst workflows, improve detection capabilities, or support SOC tool management

Baseline Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5 or more years of security operations experience, including hands-on Tier 2 or senior SOC analyst experience
• Demonstrated experience in a supervisory or team lead capacity overseeing SOC analysts or watch floor operations
• Active Secret clearance required

• Deep experience with security event validation, IDS/IPS/SIEM correlation, and incident impact assessment in enterprise network environments
• Hands-on experience authoring intrusion detection…