SOC Analyst / Splunk Administrator- Washington, DC - Public Trus

SOC Analyst / Splunk Administrator needed for a contract role in Washington, DC
Hybrid, 1 day per week in office

*Must havePublic Trust

Job Description:
This position is a hybrid position designed to bridge SOC Analysis with Splunk Engineering and Content Creation.? You should have competency with administering Splunk, creating custom content with SPL, data administration in a SIEM, and performing security investigations through Splunk ES.?

You will have a solid understanding of cyber threats and information security in the domains of TTP's, Threat Actors, Campaigns, and Observables and be proficient administering Splunk and creating Splunk dashboards and notables.?

?Additionally, you would be familiar with tools commonly deployed in a SOC environment such as intrusion detection systems, intrusion analysis systems, security information event management platforms (SIEM), endpoint threat detection tools, and security operations ticket management.?

• Strong analytical and technical skills in computer network defense operations, ability to lead efforts in Incident Handling (Detection, Analysis, Triage), Hunting (anomalous pattern detection and content management) and Malware Analysis.?
• Prior experience and ability with analyzing information technology security events to discern true positive incidents from false positive events. This includes security event triage, incident investigation, implementing countermeasures, and conducting incident response.?
• Hands-on experience with managing and optimizing Splunk Enterprise Security including configuring and maintaining Splunk infrastructure.
• Hands on experience with managing data sources, data alignment, and data curation.? This includes troubleshooting missing events, working with data source owners to onboard new data sources and/or troubleshoot existing ones.?
• Hands on experience with dashboard and notable creation - visualizations, report generation, and general content creation.?
• Ability to develop rules, filters, views, signatures, countermeasures and operationally relevant applications and scripts to support analysis and detection efforts.?
• Strong logical/critical thinking abilities, especially analyzing security events from host and network event sources e.g., windows event logs, AV, EDR, network traffic, IDS events for malicious intent).?
• Excellent organizational abilities and attention to details in tracking activities within various Security Operation workflows.?
• A working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g., Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise networks, a conceptual understanding of Windows Active Directory is also required, and a working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS, etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g., SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.).?
• Experience with the identification and implementation of countermeasures or mitigating controls for deployment and implementation in the enterprise network environment.?
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.?

REQUIRED Qualifications:?

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.?
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.?
• Minimum 2-5 years of experience in network defense environments.?
• Splunk Admin Certification?

Desired Qualifications:?

• An understanding in researching Emerging Threats and recommending monitoring content within security tools.?
• Experience with one or more of the following technologies, specific tools: FireEye, Palo Alto, full MS O365 suite (compliance center).?

Employment Pre-requisites
The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation, and d rug urinalysis.
SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer,EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.
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Estimated Min Rate: $49.26
Estimated Max Rate: $70.37