Incident Response Specialist

Job overview

The Incident Response Specialist role is full-time and onsite in Reston, VA. The listed annual salary range is $88,660.84–$196,000.10. The role supports AnaVation’s mission-critical customer and its federal intelligence community work.

What you'll do

• Advise a team of cybersecurity professionals on incident-response practices across networks, platforms, and tools
• support response efforts across cross-functional teams
• identify, analyze, and respond to security incidents
• build and execute incident-response playbooks
• collaborate with IT and security teams to mitigate threats and prevent recurrence
• and advise on security policies, risk management, and compliance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

incident response specialist

cybersecurity

incident response

ir playbooks

threat mitigation

ts/sci

ci poly

reston va

anavation

$88,660.84–$196,000.10/year

dod 8570 iat level ii

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical insurance cost sharing for employees and dependents
• company-paid dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance
• 401(k) with match and immediate vesting
• paid leave and holidays
• tuition and training reimbursement.

Why this role

Requires U.S. citizenship, TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance, a relevant bachelor's degree, and DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification within 30 days of contract start. Four years of relevant experience is required, or two years with a relevant master's degree.

About the employer

AnaVation is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.