Senior Vibration Analyst Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Leidos' Digital sector has frequent opportunities available for SOC Analysts to join our team in Alexandria, VA. We recruit for these positions on a regular basis, and our recruiting team will contact candidates as positions become available.

Applicants must be comfortable supporting shift work in a 24/7 environment, have a minimum Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI, and have at least 2 years of incident handling/response experience in a SOC environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Utilize alerts from endpoints, IDS/IPS, netflow, and custom sensors to identify compromises on customer networks/endpoints.

• Perform intermediate-level review of massive log files, pivot between data sets, and correlate evidence for incident investigations.

• Pass triaged alerts to senior-level SOC personnel and assist in identifying malicious actors on customer networks.

• Document analysis, findings, and actions in a case/knowledge management system.

• Creation and distribution of incident reports to customers and higher headquarters.

Required Clearance and Certifications:

• Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI

• Must have DoD 8570 IAT II or higher certification (such as CompTIA Security+ CE, ISC2 SSCP, SANS GSEC, etc.) prior to starting.

• Must be able to obtain DoD 8570 CSSP-Analyst certification (such as CEH, CySA+, GCIA, etc.) within 6 months of starting.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be willing to perform shift work on site; all shifts include weekend hours and inclement weather (SOC is deemed mission essential personnel).

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience; additional military service and/or relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• 2+ years of prior incident handling/response experience.

• 2+ years of experience working in a SOC environment.

• CND experience (Protect, Detect, Respond and Sustain) within a Computer Incident Response organization.

• Demonstrated understanding of the life cycle of network threats, attacks, attack vectors and methods of exploitation with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).

• Sound understanding of TCP/IP, common networking ports and protocols, traffic flow, system administration, OSI model, defense-in-depth and common security elements.

• Motivated self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to create complex technical reports on analytic findings

• Demonstrated commitment to mentoring, training, self-study and maintaining proficiency in the technical cybersecurity domain and an ability to think and work independently

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience analyzing high volumes of logs, network data (e.g. Netflow, Full Packet Capture), and other attack artifacts in support of incident investigations.

• In-depth knowledge of architecture, engineering, and operations of at least one enterprise SIEM platform (e.g. ArcSight, Splunk, Nitro/McAfee Enterprise Security Manager, QRadar, LogLogic).

• Experience and proficiency with any of the following: Anti-Virus, HIPS/HBSS, IDS/IPS, Full Packet Capture, Network Forensics.

• Experience with malware analysis concepts and methods.

• Unix/Linux command line experience.

• Scripting and programming experience.

• Motivated self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to create complex technical reports on analytic findings.

• Familiarity or experience in Intelligence Driven Defense, Cyber Kill Chain methodology, and/or MITRE ATT&CK framework.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.