Defensive Security Analyst-Washington, DC

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. 

• Current TS/SCI Clearance or eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information designation
• 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
• 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
• Established experience in operating in SOC environment, either through relevant experience or qualifications, is required
• Knowledge of operating and maintaining a SIEM
• Knowledge of cloud architectures, particularly AWS or Azure
• 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

• Experience in penetration testing
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and have an ongoing desire to stay current with the latest technologies
• Ability to train others on the use of forensic and incident response techniques and tools