Sr. SOC Analyst

Knowledge Management, Inc. (KMI) has the leadership and experience to deliver innovative technology, logistics and management solutions to meet real mission requirements. KMI is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) that specializes in Logistics, Warehouse Services, Distance Learning/Training, Enterprise Solutions, Financial Management Support, Program Management, Intelligence Analysis & Threat Assessment, and Data Analytics/Operations Research. Since 1998, our solutions and services have helped our clients improve performance, drive cost and operational effectives, and map technology needs for tomorrow's requirements.

Title: Sr. SOC Analyst

Assignment Location(s): Hybrid: remote AND up to two days per week (Wed and one other day) in the office in Sterling, VA or Washington, DC.

Estimated Contract Duration: Multi-year contract

Start date: ASAP

Required clearance: Secret

Work Schedule: First shift, approximately 7:30am - 4pm, Monday-Friday. Exact hours to be established by site lead.

Salary: Please provide your salary requirement

Education and Experience Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent and at least 12 years of work experience; Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience; Master's degree and 6 years of experience; PhD and 3 years of work experience.

Knowledge Management, Inc. is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The Senior SOC Analyst will be part of the Department of State (DOS) Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) Program for the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA). The CAEIO Program provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks, applications, and databases supporting CA services globally.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and investigate alerts, threat hunting, and notify designated managers, cyber incident responders, and cybersecurity service provider team members of suspected cyber incidents and articulate the event's history, status, and potential impact in accordance with the organization's cyber incident response plan.
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources.
• Write advanced ad hoc SPL queries.
• Coordinate with internal and external teams to address threats and risks via investigation and forensic analysis.
• Analyze log files from a variety of sources (for example, individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, and intrusion detection system logs) to identify possible threats to network security.
• Utilize SIEM and EDR tools to monitor the environment.
• Develop and document configuration standards, policies, and procedures for operating, managing, and ensuring the security of system infrastructure.
• Advise management and team members of risks associated with technologies and implementation approaches and identify methods of risk mitigation.
• Interact with multiple levels of management, providing information and thought leadership in technical areas.
• Prepare reports on investigations, incidents, and other security-related matters.
• Identify different tactics and techniques of attacks.
• Recommend and implement system enhancements that improve the performance, security, and reliability of the system.
• Build out processes and procedures to include documenting work in SOPs.
• Train and assist junior members of the SOC team.
• Plan and implement projects and initiatives.
• Communicate clearly and concisely with managers and colleagues.
• Demonstrate flexibility and eagerness to take on challenges by performing tasks not listed above.

Core Work Schedule: Saturday - Wednesday, 7:00AM - 3:30PM EST

Work Location: Hybrid: remote AND up to two days per week in the office in Sterling, VA or Washington, DC.

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and an active SECRET Government Security Clearance.
• 5+ years of related systems security engineering experience, primarily in the federal government environment, dealing with business critical, high-availability systems.
• 5+ years SOC or cybersecurity-related experience.
• 3+ years of experience with a SIEM tool, preferably Splunk
• Experience with Splunk dashboard and Microsoft Sentinel.
• 4+ years querying and manipulating data experience, including 2+ years' experience with SPL (required) with knowledge of data types, conditions, and regular expressions.
• Understanding of system, network, and application security threats and vulnerabilities with the ability to establish monitoring solutions.
• Understanding of Boolean logic and event correlation.
• Strong ability to identify logging and monitoring requirements/gaps.
• Solid knowledge of cybersecurity incidents, anomaly analysis, log analysis, digital forensics, common threat vectors.
• Understanding of TCP/IP and UDP protocols, network ports/protocols, and traffic flow.
• Security+ CE or other 8570 IAT level II certification.
• Knowledge and experience applying cybersecurity specifications, including familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and compliance with NIST standards such as NIST SP 800-53.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data normalization with Splunk using/creating field aliases, calculated fields, field extractions.
• Certified Splunk Power User or higher.
• Ability to track incidents using MITRE ATT&CK.
• Knowledge of cloud security.
• Knowledge of system administration, networking, and operating system hardening techniques.
• Mixed operating systems experience: (Linux, Windows).
• Experience troubleshooting issues related to storage.
• Scripting/coding experience.
• Knowledge of Web Application Firewalls (WAF) security protections.

Education and Experience Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent and at least 12 years of work experience; Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience; Master's degree and 6 years of experience; PhD and 3 years of work experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

E-Verify Statement. Knowledge Management, Inc. participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, KMI is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision. Knowledge Management, Inc. will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Disability Statement. Knowledge Management aims to be a supportive workplace in all aspects of diversity, including accommodating those with additional needs. If you have a disability and need reasonable accommodation or assistance at any point in the application or onboarding process, please email us at .