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Full-time
bachelor degree
Posted 6d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Serve as the senior technical authority for SOC watch operations, leading complex cyber defense investigations and incident response activities. Partner with engineering teams to improve detection capabilities and establish standardized investigative methodologies and workflows.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and at least eight years of relevant experience in SOC operations and incident response. Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance and a DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification.
Full job description
Title: Cybersecurity Watch Operations Subject Matter Expert IV
Location: Alexandria, VA
Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
Job Details:
Serve as the senior hands-on technical authority for SOC watch operations and a founding operational SME for the establishment and maturation of a new DoD SOC
Lead the most complex cyber defense investigations and incident-response activities and provide technical direction when scope, impact, evidence, or response options are uncertain
Perform advanced forensic and security analysis of digital information, host and network telemetry, firewall and IDS/IPS data, authentication activity, intrusion artifacts, and other relevant evidence
Establish and continuously improve investigative methodology, triage standards, severity and escalation criteria, evidence requirements, incident workflows, case-quality standards, and shift-turnover practices
Provide senior technical guidance to SOC management on watch readiness, investigative quality, operational risk, staffing proficiency, capability gaps, and response considerations
Serve as the highest-level operational escalation point for Cybersecurity Operations Analysts and mentor senior and developing personnel through complex investigations and exercises
Coordinate complex incidents with government stakeholders, incident response organizations, system owners, administrators, network/security engineers, and other agencies as required
Partner with cybersecurity engineering personnel to translate watch-operations requirements into actionable telemetry, SIEM/SOAR, network monitoring, firewall, endpoint, enrichment, and automation capabilities
Identify systemic visibility, detection, workflow, tooling, and analyst-proficiency gaps and develop recommendations to improve SOC effectiveness and enterprise security posture
Lead development and validation of SOPs, runbooks, incident-response playbooks, analyst qualification standards, training scenarios, exercises, and lessons-learned actions.
Conduct or direct proactive threat hunting and advanced analysis to identify malicious activity not detected by automated controls and to validate the effectiveness of existing defenses
Analyze trends across incidents and investigations and provide technical input to operational metrics, significant-activity reporting, leadership briefings, and defensive priorities
Apply network forensics, host analysis, malware-analysis concepts, vulnerability context, and threat-informed defense techniques as appropriate to complex investigations; advanced malware reverse engineering or penetration-testing experience is beneficial but not required
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in a technical discipline applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of may be substituted in lieu of a degree
Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience in addition to education level
Expert-level hands-on experience in SOC operations, cyber defense analysis, incident investigation, and incident response in complex enterprise environments
Demonstrated experience leading complex investigations while remaining technically hands-on.
Demonstrated ability to establish or materially improve SOC operating procedures, investigative standards, incident workflows, or analyst qualification/training programs
Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, network security monitoring, host/endpoint analysis, identity/authentication activity, incident response, and adversary TTPs
Experience collaborating with SIEM/SOAR, detection, network-security, endpoint, vulnerability, and other cybersecurity engineering teams
Experience helping establish, transform, or mature a SOC, CSIRT, or cyber defense capability is highly desired
Must possess current DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification
Experience working in a DoD or IC environment
Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
A Red River Company | Leading full-spectrum cyber tech solutions company
Industry
Defense and Space Manufacturing
Company size
201-500 employees
Founded
2014
Headquarters
Alexandria, Virginia
LinkedIn followers
4,786
Invictus is a leading provider of technology services for national security systems. We provide enterprise level engineering and operations support to national security systems to include advanced technologies, infrastructure and communications modernization support, cyber threat vulnerability assessments and mitigation strategies. Invictus provides applied research and development at our corporate cyber lab which focuses on integrating new technologies and research that advance the capabilities of cyber mission forces. To learn more, visit us at www.invictusic.com
Offices: 66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 501, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, US
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