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# Defensive Security Analyst-Washington, DC at SpecterOps

- **Company:** SpecterOps
- **Location:** Washington, DC
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-01-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/specterops/jobs/8389367002

## Job description

SpecterOps is looking for candidates to support Security Operations at a SpecterOps customer site working directly with client personnel and systems. Candidates will independently support the client engineering, managing, and monitoring Security Operations Center (SOC) systems. A successful candidate will have excellent technical skills focused in the security operations space, impeccable soft skills, and be a well-organized, self-directed individual with familiarity working for a service-based information security organization.

Salary Range: $110,000-$160,000 base salary annually, commensurate with experience.

Location: On site client physical location - Washington, DC

## Requirements

- Current TS/SCI Clearance or eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information designation
- Have the following operating hours: Monday through Friday, 9AM - 6PM US Eastern Time on site at Washington DC location. Be available for after-hours or weekend work in urgent incident response scenarios
- Provide expertise in a supporting capacity for incident response activities and digital forensics state preservation, including the capture and preservation of system logs, volatile memory captures, and hard drive (physical or virtual) image captures
- Established experience in operating in SOC environment, either through relevant experience or qualifications, is required
- Knowledge of operating and maintaining a SIEM
- Knowledge of cloud architectures, particularly AWS or Azure
- Experience with programming or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash
- Conduct host forensics, network, forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of hunt operations
- Interface with client contact(s) and staff in a constructive and professional manner
- Utilize common forensic and incident response tools
- Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences

Nice to haves

- Experience in penetration testing
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and have an ongoing desire to stay current with the latest technologies
- Ability to train others on the use of forensic and incident response techniques and tools

What We Offer:

- Health/Dental/Vision/life insurance: 100% covered for both the employee and their family
- Flexible time off policy
- 13 paid holidays annually
- 401(k) with up to 4% company match
- Stock Options & bonuses
- Remote work: $1,500 new hire allowance to set up home office
- $500 annual home office allowance after first year
- $150 monthly cell phone and internet reimbursement
- $5,000 annual professional development allowance
- $5,250 towards continuing education or student loan repayment
- $1,200 annual budget for lifestyle, wellness, pet insurance and more
- A one-time $10,000 benefit towards family planning
- In person and virtual employee events throughout the year
- And of course, company swag!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.  To request reasonable accommodations, please contact us at careers@specterops.io

Unsolicited resumes are not accepted

## #LI-REMOTE

## About SpecterOps

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SpecterOps provides identity attack path management and adversary tradecraft expertise through its BloodHound platform, services, and training to help organizations eliminate critical attack paths.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Cybersecurity, Identity Security, Attack Path Management
- **Target customers**: B2B; security teams in large enterprises, government agencies, and mid-market organizations (financial services, healthcare, technology, media, communications)
- **Mission statement**: “Enable our clients and our community to defend against adversaries through education, visibility, and proactive countermeasures.”

## Products & Services
- **BloodHound Enterprise**: SaaS platform that continuously maps identity relationships and permissions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments to reveal, prioritize, and remediate attack paths. Includes zone enforcement, least privilege controls, and risk trending.
- **BloodHound Community Edition**: Free, open-source tool widely used by security practitioners globally for identity graph analysis.
- **Offensive Services**: Red team engagements and penetration testing performed by practitioners with deep adversary tradecraft knowledge.
- **Training & Tradecraft**: World-class security training programs that translate real-world attacker techniques into actionable defense strategies. Includes the “Know Your Adversary” podcast and public research reports.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$138.5M** across multiple rounds (Series B: $30M Nov 2025, $75M Apr 2025; Series A: $8.5M Jul 2023, $25M Apr 2023)
- **Notable Investors**: Insight Partners, Ballistic Ventures, Decibel Partners
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of **223 employees** (+35.3% year-over-year); operates in 11 countries; LinkedIn followers up 37.1% annually; named a **Great Place to Work**; partners with OpenAI and UK AI Security Institute.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Category Creator**: Invented identity attack path management and built the industry-leading BloodHound platform.
- **Real-World Adversary Expertise**: Team includes former attackers and red team operators; knowledge directly powers the product and training.
- **Open-Source Community**: BloodHound Community Edition is trusted globally, fostering a large practitioner base and constant feedback loop.
- **Transparent Research**: Publishes findings openly (not behind paywalls) and leads industry conversation on identity security.

## Strategic Focus
- **Identity Attack Path Management as a practice**: Moving organizations from reactive defense to proactive attack path elimination.
- **Hybrid & AI-Enabled Environments**: Expanding BloodHound to cover cloud, non-human identities, and AI-driven attack paths.
- **Continuous Risk Reduction**: Driving metrics like choke-point prioritization, remediation efficacy reporting, and least-privilege enforcement across business units.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “experts, not egos” – values teamwork, transparency, humility, and passionate curiosity. Emphasizes continuous learning and open knowledge sharing.
- **Remote / Hybrid Policy**: Offers both remote and hybrid positions (e.g., Lead Commercial Counsel – Remote; Defensive Security Analyst – Hybrid in Washington, DC).
- **Benefits**: Annual training budget, sustainability focus, empowerment through transparency, and a commitment to remove distractions.
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on adversary-focused R&D; the CTO (Jared Atkinson) leads research into real-world tradecraft and platform expansion.
- **Certified Great Place to Work** – people-centric approach with a focus on employee growth and well-being.

## Sources
1. [specterops.io](https://specterops.io/) – Company overview, BloodHound platform details
2. [specterops.io/about/](https://specterops.io/about/) – Mission, leadership, history, open-source commitment
3. [specterops.io/careers/](https://specterops.io/careers/) – Values, culture, benefits, why work here
4. [linkedin.com/company/specterops](https://www.linkedin.com/company/specterops) – Headcount growth, funding, financials, employee breakdown
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/specterops](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/specterops) – Current open positions and locations

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