Defensive Security Analyst-Washington, DCHybrid, Washington DC (Washington)

Defensive Security Analyst Job Description

SpecterOps is looking for candidates to support Security Operations at a SpecterOps customer site working directly with client personnel and systems. Candidates will independently support the client engineering, managing, and monitoring Security Operations Center (SOC) systems. A successful candidate will have excellent technical skills focused in the security operations space, impeccable soft skills, and be a well-organized, self-directed individual with familiarity working for a service-based information security organization.

Salary Range : $110,000-$160,000 base salary annually, commensurate with experience.

Location : On site client physical location - Washington, DC

Requirements

• Current TS / SCI Clearance
• Have the following operating hours : Monday through Friday, 9AM - 6PM US Eastern Time on site at Washington DC location. Be available for after-hours or weekend work in urgent incident response scenarios
• Established experience in operating in SOC environment, either through relevant experience or qualifications.
• Knowledge of operating and maintaining a SIEM
• Knowledge of cloud architectures, particularly AWS
• Provide expertise in a supporting capacity for incident response activities and digital forensics state preservation, including the capture and preservation of system logs, volatile memory captures, and hard drive (physical or virtual) image captures
• Experience with programming or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash
• Conduct host forensics, network, forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of hunt operations
• Interface with client contact(s) and staff in a constructive and professional manner
• Utilize common forensic and incident response tools
• Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences

Nice to Haves

What We Offer :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. To request reasonable accommodations, please contact us at careers@specterops.io

Unsolicited resumes are not accepted