Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tetrad Digital Integrity (TDI) is hiring a Senior Incident Response Analyst to support a mission-critical government program. The role monitors, detects, investigates, and responds to cybersecurity threats in a large-scale enterprise environment, coordinating incident response across multiple organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate cyber incident response activities across the full Incident Response lifecycle, including investigation, containment, eradication, and recovery
• Analyze security events, logs, network traffic, endpoint telemetry, and forensic artifacts to determine the scope, root cause, and impact of cyber incidents
• Identify adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and develop indicators of compromise (IOCs) to improve threat detection and response
• Develop, maintain, and enhance Incident Response processes, playbooks, workflows, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Configure, tune, and optimize security technologies, including SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and related monitoring tools, to improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives
• Create and maintain detection content, including correlation rules, use cases, signatures, alerts, and automation scripts to strengthen SOC monitoring capabilities
• Document investigations, response activities, and findings within case management systems, producing clear incident reports and after-action documentation
• Establish and track SOC performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure operational effectiveness and support continuous improvement

Skills

• Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
• Candidates must possess at least one of the following certifications: GIAC: GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, or GPEN, CISSP, OSCP, OSCE, or OSWP
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field and 12–15 years of relevant experience
• Must have technical hands-on experience in the areas of incident detection and response, malware analysis, or computer forensics
• Expertise with Windows and Linux operating systems, enterprise networking, common protocols, and security infrastructure (firewalls, proxies, VPNs, load balancers)
• Demonstrated experience investigating cyber incidents, performing root cause analysis, identifying attacker TTPs, and leveraging frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages to support security automation and incident response
• TDI does business with the federal government, which restricts employment to individuals who are either US citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States
• Experience in cyber government, and/or federal law enforcement FISMA systems

Benefits

• Employees residing within 50 miles of Arlington, VA are required to work onsite two days per week; employees residing outside the 50-mile radius are eligible to work fully remote.

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