Security Operations Center Incident Responder

Security Operations Center Incident Responder

The Opportunity:

Are you ready to take a strategic role in cyber defense? Are you looking for an opportunity to protect critical infrastructure from the constant onslaught of cyber-attacks? If you want to sharpen your skills by analyzing threats in real-time, you want to be a Cybersecurity Operations Center Incident Responder.

As a Cybersecurity Operations Center Incident Responder on our security operations center team, you’ll improve tier monitoring strategies and analyze threats, using state-of-the-art tools and platforms. You’ll work with the team to comprehend, mitigate, and respond to threats quickly, restoring operations and limiting the impact. You’ll manage efforts to figure out just how many systems are affected and assist recovery efforts. You’ll combine threat intelligence, event data, and assessments of events to identify patterns to understand attackers’ goals to stop them from succeeding. This is a great opportunity to continue to build your cybersecurity skills with hands-on experience in threat assessment and incident response. Join us as we protect clients from malicious actors.

In this role, you’ll work with a team of professionals as they use cyberspace capabilities to evaluate potential weaknesses as well as the effectiveness of mitigations for cybersecurity solutions. You will leverage cyberspace operations systems to aggregate threat feeds that inform briefings for senior leadership aligned with our Army client.

If you want to be in the fight, working shoulder to shoulder with our mission partner and influencing the most critical global cyber missions, this is the opportunity for you.   

Join us. The world can’t wait. 

You Have:   

• Experience with U.S. Government, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Intelligence Community, and U.S. Army Cybersecurity regulations and compliance standards
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in a Cybersecurity field and 2+ years of experience conducting Cybersecurity Incident Response tasks, or 4+ years of experience conducting Cybersecurity Incident Response tasks in lieu of a degree
• DoD Approved 8570 Baseline CSSP Incident Responder Certifications

Nice If You Have:   

• Experience using Elastic for monitoring and analysis
• Experience using endpoint tools to successfully hunt for adversarial behavior
• Knowledge of Splunk and creating Splunk content, including alerts and dashboards
• Ability to understand and assist Threat Hunting using network and host-based information
• Ability to communicate with other stakeholders within the Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise (AISE)
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Master’s degree
• Splunk, Tanium, or TYCHON Certification

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Clearance:   

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $84,600.00 to $193,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

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