Cybersecurity Operations Center Analyst

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 Analyst.

As a Cybersecurity Operations Center Analyst 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.

In this role, you’ll lead 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 to our Army client.

If you want to be in the fight, working shoulder to shoulder with our mission partner influencing the most critical global cyber missions, this is the opportunity for you. Join us as we protect clients from malicious actors.

Join us. The world can’t wait.   

You Have:   

• 3+ years of experience working in a Security Operations Center at a classified level within the DoD
• Experience providing continuous monitoring security expertise to business units and key stakeholders
• Experience performing extensive analysis to validate established security requirements and recommend additional security requirements and safeguards
• Experience working with cybersecurity staff to evolve the Security Operations continuous monitoring toolsets and reporting to provide better vulnerability insight
• Ability to serve as subject matter expert on vulnerabilities, including system and application settings, to work alongside other security analysts in event handling and incident response
• Ability to perform as a focal point for incident response and be responsible for communicating with other stakeholders
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• HS diploma or GED
• Ability to obtain an 8570 DoD-approved CSSP Baseline Certification such as CEH, CFR, CCNA Cyber Ops, CCNA-Security, CySA+, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, Cloud+, SCYBER, or PenTest+ Certification, prior to start date

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 conduct threat hunting using network and host-based information
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Master’s degree
• Splunk, Tanium, or TYCHON Certification

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 $96,600.00 to $220,000.00 (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.

Identity Statement

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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

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.