Senior Cyber Defense Analyst
Key Skills for This Role
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Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced certifications such as GCIA, GCIH, GDAT, GCTI, CISSP, CASP+, or equivalent.
- Experience supporting DISA, CSSP, TNCC, INDOPACOM, coalition, or military cyber defense environments.
- Prior Tier 2/Tier 3 SOC analyst, shift lead, incident commander, battle captain, or major incident coordination experience.
- Experience working with AI/ML-assisted SOC platforms, automation pipelines, SOAR workflows, and operational analytics platforms.
- Experience building, maturing, or refining SOC workflows, CONOPS, SOPs, escalation procedures, dashboards, and reporting products.
- Experience with Mavin, Power BI, JIRA, ServiceNow, Elastic, Splunk, Microsoft Defender, Zeek, Wireshark, or similar enterprise platforms.
- Work Environment
- Shift-based senior analyst role supporting 24/7/365 mission operations; flexibility is required for rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, after-hours escalations, exercises, and surge support.
- Fast-paced, mission-critical cyber defense operations supporting classified mission activities and enterprise-level operational response.
- May require participation in operational meetings, briefings, shift turnovers, tabletop exercises, and after-action reviews.
- Working at SOSi
- All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.
- Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SOSi is a private defense and government solutions business specializing in advanced technology systems and mission support. Its capabilities include data science, software development, network engineering, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and logistics.
Qualifications
- Active in-scope Top Secret/SCI clearance.
- DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level II certification required within 180 days of hire, such as Security+ CE, CySA+, GSEC, CCNA Security, or equivalent.
- Minimum 5+ years of SOC, CSSP, Defensive Cyberspace Operations, or cyber defense experience with demonstrated incident response and threat hunting expertise.
- Experience serving as a senior analyst, shift lead, incident lead, or escalation point within a SOC or enterprise cyber defense environment.
- Strong understanding of adversary TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, malware analysis fundamentals, cyber kill chain concepts, and advanced detection and response techniques.
- Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, SOAR, packet capture and analysis tools, and enterprise monitoring platforms, such as Splunk, Elastic, Defender, Wireshark, Zeek, ServiceNow, or similar tools.
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional response efforts across analysts, engineers, operations teams, Government stakeholders, and mission partners during cyber incidents and operational events.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief technical findings, incident status, operational risk, and recommended actions to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Must be flexible to support 24/7/365 operations, including rotating shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, on-call support, and surge coverage during major incidents or exercises.
- Advanced certifications such as GCIA, GCIH, GDAT, GCTI, CISSP, CASP+, or equivalent.
- Experience supporting DISA, CSSP, TNCC, INDOPACOM, coalition, or military cyber defense environments.
- Prior Tier 2/Tier 3 SOC analyst, shift lead, incident commander, battle captain, or major incident coordination experience.
- Experience working with AI/ML-assisted SOC platforms, automation pipelines, SOAR workflows, and operational analytics platforms.
- Experience building, maturing, or refining SOC workflows, CONOPS, SOPs, escalation procedures, dashboards, and reporting products.
- Experience with Mavin, Power BI, JIRA, ServiceNow, Elastic, Splunk, Microsoft Defender, Zeek, Wireshark, or similar enterprise platforms.
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