Job Description

Summit Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst to support our government client. In this role, you will perform advanced Security Operations functions, including cybersecurity incident detection, investigation, response, threat analysis, security monitoring across on-premises and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cybersecurity operations and incident response, combined with the technical ability to conduct authorized offensive security activities, manually validate vulnerabilities, reproduce penetration testing findings, and verify remediation effectiveness.

In addition to traditional Security Operations Center (SOC) responsibilities, this position will help establish and mature the organization's security validation capabilities through repeatable testing methodologies, technical assessments, and security control validation. These capabilities may expand over time to include application security assessments, adversary emulation, and purple team activities.

This is a full-time, hybrid position based in Washington, DC, requiring on-site work three (3) days per week. Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Public Trust clearance and meet the client's applicable eligibility requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyze, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity alerts and incidents using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), network monitoring, email security, identity security, and other enterprise security technologies.
• Perform advanced incident triage to determine scope, impact, attack vectors, and appropriate containment, eradication, recovery, and mitigation activities.
• Analyze network traffic, endpoint telemetry, authentication events, application logs, system logs, and threat intelligence to identify malicious activity and indicators of compromise.
• Lead or support investigations involving phishing, malware, unauthorized access, insider threats, data exposure, and other cybersecurity events.
• Develop, maintain, and improve incident response procedures, investigative workflows, technical documentation, and response playbooks.
• Review, assign, document, and track cybersecurity incidents and operational activities using approved ticketing and documentation systems.
• Support investigations involving vendor advisories, security alerts, and other cybersecurity notifications affecting agency systems.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and knowledge sharing to junior cybersecurity analysts.
• Conduct authorized offensive security activities, including manual vulnerability validation, reproduction of penetration testing findings, remediation verification, and security control validation.
• Perform recurring validation testing of known vulnerabilities and security deficiencies to verify exploitability, assess technical impact, and confirm remediation effectiveness.
• Conduct manual security assessments of applications, APIs, identity services, wireless technologies, and other designated systems using approved security assessment tools and methodologies.
• Distinguish confirmed vulnerabilities from false positives, configuration issues, environmental conditions, and non-exploitable findings. Document supporting technical evidence, remediation recommendations, and validation results.
• Develop repeatable testing procedures, validation methodologies, assessment documentation, and technical guidance to support recurring security validation activities.
• Collaborate with Security Operations, Patch and Vulnerability Management, application teams, infrastructure teams, system owners, and external assessors to improve the agency's overall security posture.
• Identify opportunities to improve security monitoring, detection logic, logging, defensive controls, and incident response based on findings from manual security assessments.
• Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and offensive security techniques to support the continuous improvement of organizational cybersecurity capabilities.
• Support the continued development of internal offensive security, application security, adversary emulation, and purple team capabilities while ensuring all activities remain within approved authorization, scope, rules of engagement, and operational safeguards.

Required Experience and Skills

• At least five (5) years of experience in cybersecurity operations, Security Operations Center (SOC) activities, incident response, vulnerability management, security engineering, or related cybersecurity disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience investigating, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, attack methodologies, common threat vectors, and NIST incident response guidance.
• Experience analyzing network traffic, endpoint telemetry, authentication activity, application logs, system logs, and threat indicators.
• Experience with enterprise cybersecurity technologies, including SIEM, EDR, email security, identity security, privileged access management, and threat intelligence platforms.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, authentication protocols, Windows, Linux, cloud environments, enterprise networking, and common application architectures.
• Understanding of web applications, APIs, authentication, authorization, session management, and common application security vulnerabilities.
• Ability to learn, adapt to, and effectively apply agency-approved offensive security methodologies, manual security assessment techniques, and supporting technologies.
• Experience reproducing technical findings, validating vulnerabilities, documenting repeatable testing procedures, and communicating technical results.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, technical writing, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across technical teams, application owners, and government stakeholders.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; or
• Equivalent relevant professional experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree, subject to client requirements.

Security Clearance

• Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Public Trust clearance.
• Candidates must meet the client's applicable eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship or qualifying Green Card status.

Application Instructions

If you feel you are qualified and want to be considered for this position, please submit the following information to xchsb8nyod3gofou3nm7i6haeo@crelate.net, and include job number 6944 in the subject line:

• Updated resume, including MM/YYYY dates for each employer.
• Best dates and times for an interview, along with the phone number where you can be reached.
• Availability to start once a formal offer is received.

Summit Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.