Blu Omega, a Woman Owned Small Business, is looking for SOC Analysts to join our team! In this role, you will be operating in a rotating, 24x7 environment in Herndon, VA.
Note: This position follows a rotating 12-hour shift schedule with set days and alternating day/night coverage. Team members work three consecutive days per week, with an additional 8-hour shift every other week to maintain an 80-hour biweekly schedule. The timing of the 8-hour shift is coordinated between the analyst and the SOC Operations Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience analyzing security logs and events from the following types of devices such as, but not limited to: Firewalls (FWs), Intrusion detection system (IDS).
• Experience with various operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise environments.
• 1-3 years of experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Network Operations Center (NOC) performing security event monitoring and analysis.
• Experience using EDR and SIEM technologies.
• Incident response (IR) framework experience.
• 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.).
  Education: High School Diploma or higher
  Our final salary offer will be based on several factors, including depth of technical skills, work experience, education, certifications, and clearance

• Investigate suspicious or malicious activity, or other cyber events which could violate policy.
• Monitor and analyze security events and alerts on a 24x7x365 basis