Public Sector SOC Analyst

Verizon

Security Analyst ensuring customers receive professional service and prompt response to network incidents at Verizon. Working 11:45 PM - 8 AM shifts with two weekends each month.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeAshburn • Florida, North Carolina, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $75,500 - $135,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) for analytics, incident response techniques, and network forensic analysis. Proficient in Linux command line skills and developing use cases to optimize security monitoring and incident response.

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Security Incident Event Management (SIEM)Incident Response TechniquesLinux Command Line SkillsNetwork Forensic AnalysisUse Case Development

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Hard Skills

Security MonitoringIncident ResponseThreat AnalysisScriptingQuery DevelopmentUse Case TuningNetwork TroubleshootingDevice TroubleshootingHealth MonitoringIPS Analysis

Tools & Technologies

Cybersecurity ToolsProprietary SIEMNext Generation FirewallsFortimanagerFortigateCiscoPalo AltoCheckpoint

Certifications & Qualifications

U.S. Government Security Clearance (Public Trust Level)

Industry Keywords

Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)Service Level Agreement (SLA)Operational MetricsSecurity Operations Analyst24x7 Environment

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityFirewallsLinux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide “eyes on glass” near real-time security monitoring in a 24x7 environment by monitoring security infrastructure and security alarm devices for Indicators of Compromise utilizing a proprietary SIEM and cybersecurity tools;
Perform near real-time security monitoring of alerts and escalating critical alerts in compliance with the service level agreement;
Detect security incidents and analyze threats for complex and/or escalated security events;
Perform level 2 assessment of incoming alerts (assessing the priority of the alert, determining severity of alert in respect to customer environment, correlating additional details) and coordinate with Tier-3 for critical priority incidents, if necessary;
Perform incident response activities utilizing customer SIEM and cybersecurity toolkits;
Respond to customer Requests For Information including using Linux command line skills to query raw logs for IOCs, answering questions about the MSS infrastructure, and features of the SIEM including correlation engine while recommending best practices;
Develop internal and/or external documentation, such as detailed procedures, playbooks, and runbooks; review and assess reports concerning operational metrics;
Assist with quality control during onboarding of new customers to verify validity of Use Cases and generated alerts;
Utilize the SOC Knowledge Base and provide input on revisions as needed

Requirements

What you’ll need

Associate's Degree or two or more years of work experience
Three or more years of work experience as a Security Operations Analyst researching and solving network threat incidents
Must be able to qualify for and maintain a U.S. government security clearance at the Public Trust level
Must be able to work the overnight shift of 11:45 p.m. - 8 a.m. 5 days a week and be able to work your assigned two weekends (both Saturday and Sunday) each month.
Three or more years of hands on experience using a Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) for analytics
Three or more years of experience investigating security incidents with SIEMs, use case development/tuning, and understanding of incident response
Three or more years of experience with incident response techniques related to network forensic analysis
Three or more years of experience with scripting, parsing, and query development in enterprise SIEM solutions
Three or more years of experience in tuning use cases & content, driven from day to day optimizations, with understanding of best practices to ensure adjustments do not cause false negatives
Experience with health and availability monitoring; understanding of device logging and ingestion, network troubleshooting, and device troubleshooting
Experience with Linux command line
Experience with IPS including analyzing alerts generated by the inspection with consideration to how signatures are written, and how to identify false positives
Experience with next generation firewalls including firewall policy & content inspection configuration (Fortimanager, Fortigate, Cisco, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, etc.)

Benefits

Comp & perks

health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision
short and long term disability
basic life insurance
supplemental life insurance
AD&D insurance
identity theft protection
pet insurance
group home & auto insurance
matched 401(k) savings plan
up to 8 company paid holidays per year
up to 6 personal days per year
paid parental leave
adoption assistance
tuition assistance
opportunities for overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc.
up to 15 days of vacation per year that grows with additional service