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# Sr. Specialist Cybersecurity

- **Company:** Levelblue, LLC
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Intelligence Analysis, Intrusion Detection Systems, Network Intrusion Detection Systems, Security Information and Event Management, Firewalls (Computer Science), Cybercrime
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=90090d272960bfa2

## About the Role

The candidate for this position will demonstrate senior level expertise in cybersecurity incident detection and response leveraging SIEM technologies. The candidate as part of our 24/7 SOC, will monitor SIEM platform, investigate alerts and initiate incident response processes. Skills and familiarity with USM-A or equivalent solutions a plus. This position also requires strong problem solving and communication skills, as well as the ability to work alone and as a member of the SOC team., * Ability and technical baseline skills to acquire in-depth knowledge of network and host security technologies, and continuously improve these skills.

 * Strong written and verbal communication skills.
 * Sound problem resolution, judgment, negotiating and decision-making skills.
 * Strong work ethic and commitment to accomplish assigned tasks
 * Strong knowledge of the incident response lifecycle and analysis techniques
 * Direct experience in Security Operations Center work, Incident Response, Network Event Analysis, Threat Analysis, and/or Intelligence Analysis is required.
 * Knowledge of IDS/IPS, firewalls, SIEM or other security platforms in large enterprise environments is required.

Education:

 * A high school diploma or equivalent is required; a college or university degree is a plus.

## Description

* Monitor, analyze and report on cyber threats identified through leveraging Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), a variety of security tools, and proactive threat hunting.
 * Investigate intrusion attempts and perform in-depth analysis of exploits.
 * Develop and follow detailed operational processes and procedures to appropriately analyze, escalate and assist in the remediation of information security-related incidents.
 * Analyze a variety of network and host-based security appliance logs (Firewalls, NIDS, HIDS, Sys Logs, etc.) to determine the correct remediation actions and escalation paths for each incident.
 * Communicate technical investigation details with customers and other members of the team.


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