Junior SOC Analyst

General information

Requisition # R60605 Locations USA-WV-Clarksburg Posting Date 05/21/2025 Security Clearance Required TS/SCI Remote Type Onsite Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

Transform the future of federal services with ManTech! Join a vibrant, energetic team committed to enhancing national security and public services through innovative tech. Since 1968, we’ve partnered with Federal Civilian sectors to deliver impactful solutions. Engage in exciting projects in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and more. Ignite your career and drive change. Your journey starts now—innovate and excel with ManTech!

ManTech seeks a highly skilled and knowledgeable Junior SOC Analyst to support a 24x7x365 Watch Floor team and safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an organizations information assets. This position is located on customer site in Clarksburg, WV.

As a Junior SOC Analyst, this position supports a 24x7x365 SOC.  Your duties include analyzing relevant cyber security event data and other data sources for attack indicators and potential security breaches; produce reports, assist in coordination during incidents; and coordinate with the engineering team to ensure all security monitoring systems are on-line, up to date, and fully operational.  This position is located on customer site in Huntsville, AL.  There are three (3) shifts available: Morning, afternoon/evening and night with rotation to support to weekends/holidays

Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

• Monitoring intrusion detection and prevention systems and other security event data sources daily.  

• Determining if security events monitored should be escalated to incidents and follow all applicable incident response and reporting processes and procedures.

• Solving problems, asking questions, and discovering why things are happening. 

• Correlating data from SIEM and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems with data from other sources such as firewall, web server, and Syslogs.

• Tuning and filtering of events and information, creating custom views and content with the assistance of the Engineering and DevOps teams.

• Document each incident in the ticketing system. 

• Reviewing data with the Cyber Threat Intelligence Team, Incident Response Team and other appropriate groups to determine the risk and threat of an event.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma

• 1+ year IT experience.

• Experience with conducting analysis and assessment of information that may require follow up action.

• Strong analytical, attention to detail and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.

• Experience as a SOC analyst or other cyber related field.

• Experience with SIEM tools such as Splunk.

• Experience with service desk ticketing systems such as ServiceNow.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must hold an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer

• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.

ManTech International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
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