Senior Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist

Job overview

The Senior Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist role is onsite in Washington, DC, and pays $100,000–$120,000 per year. The specialist joins the Security Operations Center team, which provides 24/7/365 monitoring and incident response services. Bering Straits Professional Services provides management, logistics, training, and procurement services for U.S. Government agencies. The specialist provides senior incident-response expertise, analyzes security telemetry, and coordinates investigations and mitigations. The work strengthens the client’s ability to detect, triage, document, and respond to cybersecurity events in accordance with established procedures and government guidance.

What you'll do

• Provide senior incident-response expertise
• develop operational baselines, playbooks, scenarios, narratives, and diagrams
• monitor SIEM, sensor, and enterprise dashboard data
• analyze network, identity, performance, and endpoint information for anomalies
• work with client stakeholders on detection content and response improvements
• categorize, prioritize, and report events
• implement mitigations
• escalate investigations
• manage information requests and audits
• conduct annual tabletop exercises
• review reported phishing messages.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

cybersecurity

incident response

soc

siem

threat detection

security operations

comptia security+

nist sp 800-61

washington dc

bering straits professional services

$100k–$120k

u.s. citizenship required

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires at least five years of hands-on experience, CompTIA Security+, and U.S. citizenship. Must be willing to work onsite in Washington, DC, on swing or overnight shifts; selected applicants are subject to a government security investigation.

About the employer

BERING STRAITS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.