Security Operations Analyst - Tier 2

The role

You will run a shift without supervision as a senior analyst on duty. You will handle escalations from Tier 1, coach analysts, and suggest detection and runbook improvements.

What you will do

• Run a shift without supervision
• Take escalations from Tier 1 and see them through to containment or handover
• Coach the analyst on duty through the decision
• Own the quality of your shift log
• Handle escalated customer requests
• Suggest detection and runbook improvements

Required qualifications

• Three or more years of hands-on security or network operations, including shift work
• Good escalation judgment
• Security+ or equivalent
• Willingness to teach someone less experienced than you, under time pressure

Nice to have

• CySA+
• SSCP
• Active security clearance

Benefits

• Fixed and published schedule
• Three consecutive days off every week
• Certification costs and renewals covered, including the first attempt and a retake
• Shift premium paid on the hours you actually work in a premium window
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life & Disability
• unlimited PEO
• employee funded 401k plan

Before you apply

• Requires U.S. citizenship
• Dual citizenship is not permitted
• Must provide documentation verifying sole U.S. citizenship status
• Must be able to pass a government background check
• Offer is contingent upon successful completion of all required pre-employment screenings

About the company

Knox runs the largest Federal & DoW managed cloud, building and operating secure cloud and AI environments that support the U.S. government’s most critical missions.