SOC Engineer Tier 2

Senior Security Engineer

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Security Engineer.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a SOC Engineer Tier 2.

As a SOC Engineer Tier 2 you will use cutting-edge cloud technologies to ensure secure operations for our clients. Ensure that large-scale Azure and M365 environments are secure and that security events are quickly identified and resolved. Build comprehensive security alerts and monitoring tools and dashboards to gauge the operational security of system components. Implement innovation to improve efficiency of Azure security related activities.

Serve as point of escalation for challenging and complex security issue resolution. Join our team of security operations cloud professionals and accomplish what others only dream of. This is a weekend/holiday shift position, but you must be willing to fill in for other shifts as needed. Saturday, Sunday, & Holidays 8:00AM-8:00PM + some weekday shifts.

Springfield, VA

TS/SCI with CI Polygraph is required

Skills required for this opportunity:

• 6 + years of experience in security engineering to operate M365 and Azure platforms
• Security + certification
• Experience in Azure and M365 environments
• Good experience in a variety of SOC engineering/ administration tools
• Handles daily alerts, incidents; monitors, tracks, analyzes and records.
• Work with other IT professionals to resolve fast moving vulnerabilities such as spam, virus, spyware and malware.
• Monitor security vulnerability information from vendors and third parties.
• Strong engineering analysis ability
• CySA+ is required within 6 months of joining the team

The targeted base salary range for this role is $138,000-$209,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location.

We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.