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You'll join a high-visibility Security Operations Center (SOC) providing 24x7x365 defensive cyber operations, including continuous monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management.\nOur team protects a diverse, multi-tenant environment spanning on-premises infrastructure and leading cloud platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud, and SaaS environments. If you thrive on investigating complex threats, analyzing network activity, and working alongside experienced cyber professionals to defend critical missions, we want to hear from you.\nLocation: Hybrid - 3 days on site at Adelphi, MD\nSchedule: Full Time | Mid Shift: 10:00 pm to 6:00 pm\nClearance: U.S. Citizenship with an active TS/SCI with SAP Eligibility\nRequired Certifications: Baseline certification (Security+ CE) and CSSP-Infrastructure Support\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nLead and coordinate investigations throughout the Incident Response lifecycle, from initial detection through remediation.\n\nCorrelate and analyze security events, alerts, logs, and network data to determine the scope and impact of cyber incidents.\n\nAcquire and analyze endpoint and network artifacts, including NetFlow and full packet capture, to identify malicious or suspicious activity.\n\nIdentify attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to strengthen detection and response capabilities.\n\nTune and maintain SIEM and IDS technologies to reduce false positives and improve SOC detection effectiveness.\n\nDevelop and maintain Incident Response processes, procedures, workflows, and playbooks.\n\nDocument investigations and response actions in case management systems and prepare clear, actionable incident reports.\n\nCollaborate with cyber professionals in a fast-paced operational environment to defend the DoD Information Network (DoDIN) against sophisticated threats and advanced persistent threat (APT) actors.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree and 4-8 years of relevant cybersecurity experience.\n\nHands-on experience using an enterprise Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform.\n\nExperience analyzing high volumes of security logs and network data, including NetFlow and/or full packet capture.\n\nExperience with network traffic and packet analysis.\n\nStrong understanding of TCP/IP, common ports and protocols, network traffic flows, the OSI model, system administration, defense-in-depth, and network security technologies.\n\nUnderstanding of cloud security concepts and considerations.\n\nFamiliarity with Unix-based systems.\n\nAbility to work effectively in a collaborative, mission-focused SOC environment.\n\nAbility to work the 10:00 pm to 6:00 pm mid shift.\n\nBaseline certification (Security+ CE) and CSSP-Infrastructure Support certification at start.\n\nU.S. citizenship with an active TS/SCI clearance with SAP Eligibility.\n\nPreferred Qualifications: You don't need to check every box below. We'd especially like to hear from candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas:\nCybersecurity experience across Protect, Detect, Respond, and Sustain functions within a Computer Incident Response or Security Operations organization.\n\nExperience working in a 24x7 SOC or cyber operations environment.\n\nUnderstanding of the cyber threat lifecycle, attack vectors, exploitation techniques, and adversary behavior.\n\nFamiliarity with intelligence-driven defense, Cyber Kill Chain methodology, and/or related threat frameworks.\n\nExperience analyzing advanced attacker TTPs and indicators of compromise.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable reports.\n\nA proactive, self-motivated approach with the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced operational environment.\n\nYour Impact\nThis role gives you the opportunity to investigate real-world cyber activity, work with enterprise-scale security data and technologies, and directly strengthen defensive cyber capabilities.\nAt Leidos, you'll work alongside a mission-focused team helping protect the digital infrastructure behind critical national security operations.\nIf you're ready to bring your cybersecurity expertise to a mission that matters, apply today.\nIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.\nOriginal Posting:\nAugust 25, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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