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Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, we bring the agility, responsiveness, and customer intimacy of a small business combined with the quality and infrastructure of a larger firm.\nRecognized as an award-winning Oracle partner, we have delivered innovative solutions across Defense, Intelligence, Civilian, Health IT, and Tribal sectors. Our highly certified experts build systems that drive efficiency, accelerate modernization, and ensure mission outcomes with certainty.\nWe offer competitive pay, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, paid life insurance, paid time off, 11 paid holidays, performance bonuses, tuition reimbursement, unlimited training, and the opportunity to thrive in a collaborative, flexible, and innovative environment.\nFor more information, visit www.conceptplus.com.\nAbout the role\nConcept Plus is seeking a SOC Analyst to support the Enterprise Cybersecurity Operations Support Team by performing foundational monitoring, analysis, and incident reporting activities. This role assists in identifying potential security events, learns to operate approved cybersecurity tools, and helps maintain the security posture of mission critical information systems in accordance with FISMA/NIST and DoW standards.\nWhat you'll do\nMonitor network, host, and security systems for basic indicators of suspicious activity and escalate findings according to SOC procedures.\nUse approved cybersecurity tools (e.g., Splunk/Sentinel, ACAS) to conduct initial event triage and support vulnerability identification.\nAssist with reviewing alerts, IDS/IPS notifications, antivirus logs, and host based security findings.\nSupport incident response activities by gathering data, documenting observations, and preparing reports for senior analysts.\nAssist in evaluating system updates or deployments for potential cybersecurity impacts.\nParticipate in threat research, correlation activities, and SOC process improvement efforts under the guidance of senior staff.\nMaintain awareness of emerging threats, cybersecurity best practices, and DoD security requirements\nRequired Qualifications\nUS Citizen with active Secret clearance\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field (or equivalent experience)\nExposure to Microsoft Defender\nUnderstanding of TCP/IP, basic networking concepts, OSI model, and common security terminology\nExposure to SIEM platforms (Splunk or Sentinel) or vulnerability scanning tools such as ACAS\nAbility to write or interpret simple SPL or KQL queries (or willingness to learn quickly)\nUnderstanding of common cyber threats, malware behavior basics, and alert triage concepts\nStrong analytical skills and willingness to learn in a fast paced SOC environment\nDoD 8140 Certification Requirements\nMust meet IAT Level II baseline (Security+ CE, CySA+, CASP+, GSEC, SSCP, CND, CCNA Security, CCNP Security, CCSP, CISA, CISSP or Associate)\nCompliant for CSSP Analyst within 6 months of hire (CEH, CySA+, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, PenTest+, Cloud+, CFR, CCNA Cyber Ops, SCYBER)\n\nConcept Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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