What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Incident Response Analyst position at TechSur Solutions?
Job Title: Security Incident Response Analyst
Location: Sterling, Virginia
Salary: DOE full benefits
Clearance: Active Public Trust (or ability to obtain)
Company Overview:
TechSur Solutions is a digital services company whose mission is to enable digital transformation for our customers, improving quality and efficiency. Based in the DC metropolitan area, TechSur specializes in advanced cloud services, modernization for both IT structures and applications, leveraging Agile development, and data analytics. Since we were formed in August of 2016, we have supported multiple impactful and exciting government programs.
Job Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated Security Incident Response Analyst to monitor, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity incidents. The ideal candidate will work to detect, investigate, and contain security threats. This role involves real-time monitoring, forensic analysis, and collaboration with IT teams to strengthen the organization's cybersecurity posture.
Job Responsibilities
• Continuously monitor security alerts from SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) tools (Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight, etc.).
• Analyze logs from firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint security tools, and cloud security platforms.
• Detect, investigate, and escalate security incidents in real time.
• Analyze security threats, contain compromised assets, and initiate response actions.
• Conduct digital forensics and malware analysis to determine root causes.
• Work closely with IT teams to implement remediation measures, such as patching, access controls, and security hardening.
• Develop incident playbooks and response plans for various attack scenarios.
• Document security incidents, investigation steps, and remediation actions.
• Provide detailed incident reports and root cause analysis for leadership.
• Conduct post-incident reviews to identify security gaps and improve response strategies.
Required Skills/Work Experience
• 8 years of experience
• Design, develop, engineer, and implement solutions to MLS requirements.
• Perform complex risk analyses, which also include risk assessment.
• Establish and satisfy information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
• Support customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of doctrine and policies.
• Apply know-how to government and commercial common-user systems, as well as to dedicated special-purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
• Perform analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures.
Education
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information science, or related field
