SOC Lead (Top Secret)

Responsibilities

• Oversee, direct, and mentor the SOC team, ensuring smooth and efficient daily operations.
• Offer guidance, feedback, and training to SOC analysts to enhance their performance and skills.
• Lead the SOC team in identifying, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents, such as intrusions, malware, and data breaches.
• Reconstruct timelines from network defense data to analyze intrusions and attacks.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex or high-priority incidents, ensuring proper resolution.
• Collaborate with IT and cybersecurity teams to support enterprise-wide incident response and threat mitigation.
• Develop and enhance threat detection capabilities to proactively identify emerging risks and vulnerabilities.
• Analyze network traffic, system logs, and threat intelligence data to uncover potential threats.
• Manage the configuration, optimization, and administration of security tools, including SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems), endpoint protection, and other monitoring solutions.
• Maintain accurate and detailed documentation of security incidents, including analysis, findings, and mitigation steps.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret and/or DOE Q clearance
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline and 10+ years of cybersecurity experience, 4+ years of leadership experience
• Certifications: CISSP, CISM, GCIH, GCIA, or equivalent are highly preferred
• Experience in network defense, incident response, threat detection, vulnerability management, and security operations
• Experience leading incident response efforts, including network intrusions, malware, and data breaches
• Analyze large volumes of data (network traffic, logs, threat intelligence)

Pay

Total compensation based on experience level - $150,000-$170,000 **based on experience level**

Benefits

• Full Benefits: PTO, 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, and Vision, 401k with ADP
• Long-term program (3.5 years remaining)