# Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) Analyst

Dark Wolf Solutions is looking for a Defensive Cyber Operations Analyst who will perform continuous system monitoring to identify malicious cyber-attacks while supporting the containment and remediation of IT threats. This role will function as an operator responsible for hands-on incident response, correlation, and threat detection both on-premise using ELK and across AWS GovCloud environments using Splunk Enterprise. Additionally, this position will leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning capabilities to enhance threat detection, streamline incident analysis, and accelerate response actions across monitored networks and applications. This role will be fully on-site at Hill AFB in Ogden, Utah. Key Responsibilities: Active monitoring, detection, and analysis across on-prem (ELK) and cloud-hosted AWS GovCloud (Splunk Enterprise) environments. Utilize AI-assisted analysis, automation, and correlation of data from various log sources to triage security events, detect anomalies, and reduce response times for complex threats. Vulnerability Management actions to include providing recommendations and implement mitigations. Conduct intrusion analysis and correlation o

- **Id**: 712808
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/darkwolfsolutions-defensive-cyber-operations-dco-analyst>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ogden, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-20T18:16:40Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T17:11:12Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-09T17:11:12Z
- **Days open**: 80
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4952
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Information Security, DevSecOps, Managed Security, Custom Software Development

## Company

- **Id**: 716229
- **Name**: Dark Wolf Solutions
- **Domain**: darkwolf.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/darkwolf>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.2
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 73
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 90000
- **Max**: 145000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 145000

## Technologies

- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **ElasticSearch** — Optional: no
- **GitLab** — Optional: no
- **Kibana** — Optional: no
- **Logstash** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **NIST 800-53** — Optional: no
- **SentinelOne** — Optional: no
- **Splunk** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 80

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T05:11:58Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-09T17:11:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 145000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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