Defensive Security Analyst-Washington, DC

The role

This person will support Security Operations at a customer site by managing and monitoring SOC systems. They will provide expertise for incident response activities and digital forensics.

What you will do

• Support client engineering, managing, and monitoring Security Operations Center (SOC) systems
• Provide expertise in supporting incident response activities and digital forensics state preservation
• Capture and preserve system logs, volatile memory captures, and hard drive image captures
• Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of hunt operations
• Interface with client contact(s) and staff in a constructive and professional manner
• Utilize common forensic and incident response tools
• Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for technical and executive audiences

Required qualifications

• Current TS/SCI Clearance or eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information designation
• Established experience in operating in SOC environment
• Knowledge of operating and maintaining a SIEM
• Knowledge of cloud architectures, particularly AWS or Azure
• Experience with programming or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash

Nice to have

• Experience in penetration testing
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and have an ongoing desire to stay current with the latest technologies
• Ability to train others on the use of forensic and incident response techniques and tools

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision/life insurance: 100% covered for both the employee and their family
• Flexible time off policy
• 13 paid holidays annually
• 401(k) with up to 4% company match
• Stock Options & bonuses
• $1,500 new hire allowance to set up home office
• $500 annual home office allowance after first year
• $150 monthly cell phone and internet reimbursement
• $5,000 annual professional development allowance
• $5,250 towards continuing education or student loan repayment
• $1,200 annual budget for lifestyle, wellness, pet insurance and more
• A one-time $10,000 benefit towards family planning

Before you apply

• Unsolicited resumes are not accepted

About the company

SpecterOps is a service-based information security organization.