SOC Shift Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative SOC Shift Lead to join our team in the greater DMV area supporting the Army National Guard.

Responsibilities

• Supervise realtime SOC monitoring operations during assigned shifts: coordinate analyst workload manage escalations and direct incident response actions.
• Review and validate highpriority alerts and investigative findings; ensure accurate triage and appropriate escalation to CIRT/Tier2/3 teams.
• Communicate operational status incident summaries and situational awareness updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Maintain and oversee SOC dashboards metrics (MTTD/MTTR alert volumes falsepositive rates) and shift handover logs to ensure continuity.
• Guide continuous improvement initiatives: refine triage procedures tuning activities playbooks and analyst training to enhance detection and response effectiveness.
• Act as senior onshift authority for operational decisions coordinating crossteam actions with NOC engineering and mission partners during incidents.
• Ensure compliance with documented SOPs evidence collection practices and incident documentation standards for auditability and postincident review.

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Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.

• Candidate must meet ONE of the following:

  • Masters degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science Cybersecurity Data Science Information Systems Information Technology Software Engineering or a related field; OR
  • Relevant DoD/military training (examples: 411C32255S (CP); 4C255N (CP); 4C255A (CP); M0923W1; A5314417; Cyber Defense Analyst (Advanced) Playlist); OR
  • Relevant professional certification or equivalent experience (examples: CBROPS; CFR; CySA; GCFA; GCIA; GICSP).

• Required experience and skills:

  • SOC/incident response/cyber operations experience with at least 3 years in senior SOC analyst or shift lead roles.
  • Proven ability to lead shift operations make rapid escalation decisions and produce concise operational briefings for leadership.
  • Handson experience with SIEM EDR network telemetry and SOC tooling; strong skills in alert validation triage and incident documentation.
  • Capability to manage analyst teams enforce SOPs and drive tuning/quality assurance of detection content.
  • Excellent communication coordination and decisionmaking skills under highpressure incident conditions.

• Desired:

  • Prior DoD/ARNG SOC leadership or senior shift lead experience.
  • Experience integrating SOC operations with CIRT NOC NETCOM/ARCYBER coordination and crossdomain incident handling.
  • Certifications such as CBROPS GCFA or equivalent advanced SOC/forensics credentials.

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