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General information

Requisition #
R62619
Locations
USA-VA-Mclean, USA-VA-Herndon
Posting Date
08/13/2025
Security Clearance Required
TS/SCI w/ Poly
Remote Type
Onsite
Time Type
Full time

Description & Requirements

Unlock the secrets of intelligence with MANTECH! Join a dynamic team at the forefront of national security, providing advanced solutions to government intelligence agencies. Since 1968, we’ve been solving the toughest challenges with groundbreaking tech. Explore thrilling projects in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and Software Development. Elevate your career and make a difference. Your adventure begins now—unleash your potential with MANTECH!

ManTech seeks a motivated, career and customer- oriented SOC Technical Lead in McLean, VA. This position may require occasional local travel to Herndon, VA.
 

The SOC Technical Lead will provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for incident response and analysis. Lead a team of Cyber Operations experts and help to protect the most coveted target in the world.
 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Serve as Technical Lead for Incident Analysis, providing subject matter expertise in incident response operations to include incident investigations, analysis and process improvement.
  • Oversee the execution of investigations to ensure thoroughness, accuracy, and completeness and assist with tickets and investigations as needed
  • In coordination with management, recognize, adopt, and instill best practices in security engineering fields throughout the organization
  • Continuously evaluate, shape, and make necessary changes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Incident Response program
  • Provide technical/analytical recommendations for improvement to the program of record
  • Perform Risk Management activities and analysis and recommend mitigations to address identified risks and issues
  • Own and facilitate exercise drill execution and planning
  • Instill accountability for incident analysis to all levels of the contract team and ensure expectations are effectively communicated to the team
     

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 8+ years of experience as a cyber security analyst, incident responder, or other closely related cyber security role, or High School Diploma and 12+ years of experience
  • 5+ years of experience with SIEM, Windows and Linux Internals, NIST 800-53 and NSM-8
  • 1+ years’ experience leading a team
  • Experience responding to on-net cyber-attacks, such as, adversary credential breaches, account creations, shell or reverse shell usage, exfiltration, or similar
  • Relevant certifications in cyber investigations, incident response, or cyber analysis, such as GCFE, GREM, OSCP, or similar


Preferred Qualifications:

  • 11+ years of experience performing SOC incident response duties within the Intelligence Community

    2+ years performing incident detection, response, or forensics in AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI
  • Experience with network forensics

Clearance Requirements:

  • Active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph is required for this position
     

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

MANTECH International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with MANTECH, please email us at careers@mantech.com and provide your name and contact information.