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# Security (SOC) Analyst, Secret Clearance Required at UltraViolet Cyber

- **Company:** UltraViolet Cyber
- **Location:** Herndon, VA
- **Compensation:** $70k–$76k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2023-08-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/uvcyber/9f2b6fee-9834-4d26-9d70-5ac8f996494e

## Job description

Make a difference here.

UltraViolet Cyber is a leading platform-enabled unified security operations company providing a comprehensive suite of security operations solutions. Founded and operated by security practitioners with decades of experience, the UltraViolet Cyber security-as-code platform combines technology innovation and human expertise to make advanced real-time cybersecurity accessible for all organizations by eliminating risks of separate red and blue teams.

By creating continuously optimized identification, detection, and resilience from today’s dynamic threat landscape, UltraViolet Cyber provides both managed and custom-tailored unified security operations solutions to the Fortune 500, Federal Government, and Commercial clients. UltraViolet Cyber is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with global offices across the U.S. and in India.

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a Security (SOC) Analyst who will monitor and analyze security events and alerts reported by the SIEM on a 24x7 basis to identify and investigate suspicious or malicious activity, or other cyber events which violate policy. The Security Analyst will work with a large to team that rotates 3x12 or 4x12 hour shifts. The position requires a US Government issued Secret Clearance, and requires 5 days onsite per week in Herndon, VA.

The analyst will be responsible for analyzing logs and events from any other device types which may send logs or events to the SOC in the future. Non-traditional device feeds will deliver data to the SIEM architecture (e.g., Human Resources (HR) data, badging information, and physical security devices, etc.).

The analyst will provide documentation detailing any additional information collected and maintained for each security investigation.

The analyst will record all artifacts (i.e. emails, logs, documents, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), screenshots, etc.) associated with all security events and incident investigations within the SOC incident and tracking application.

Must be legally allowed to work in the US, and the work must be done in the US.

No third-party candidates will be considered

What You Have:

- Active US Secret Security Clearance
- 3+ years of experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Network Operations Center (NOC) environment performing security event monitoring and analysis
- Working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise networks.
- Must possess a working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols (e.g. TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS, etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g. SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.)
- Familiarity with adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
- Must be capable of analyzing security logs and events from the following types of devices such as, but not limited to:
- Firewalls (FWs), Intrusion Detection Sensors/Intrusion Prevention Sensors (IDS/IPS)
- Host-based Intrusion Detection System/ Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIDS/HIPS)
- Additional: proxy/web filter, vulnerability scans, routers, router Internet Protocol (IP) accounting systems (i.e., Cisco NetFlow)
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways/concentrators, server event logs, e-mail and host anti-virus, desktop security monitoring agents, anti-virus servers, IP services (i.e. Domain Name System (DNS) Services, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Additionally: network address translation devices, MDM (e.g. cellphones), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and cloud security infrastructure (e.g. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.)

Education, Certification & Clearance Requirements:

- 8570 Certification(s): Security+ or equivalent
- Clearance Requirements: Secret Clearance
- High school diploma needed

Preferred Skills:

- Certification(s): Security+, GCIH, CEH, or CYSA+ is desired
- Experience with Splunk query language
- Experience with IDS/IPS/firewall/security configurations and signature development
- Experience with PCAP analysis
- Experience with Tanium threat response
- Ability and prior experience with analyzing information technology security events to discern events that qualify as legitimate security incidents as opposed to non-incidents. This includes the identification of malicious code present within a computer system as well identification of malicious activities that are present within a computer system and/or enterprise network
- Experience working with a ticket management system to collect, document and maintain information pertinent to security investigations and incidents
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills and ability produce clear and thorough security incident reports and briefings
- Experience in monitoring the operational status of monitoring components and escalating and reporting outages of the components
- Conceptual understanding of Windows Active Directory is also desired
- Experience working with various event logging systems and must be proficient in the review of security event log analysis. Previous experience with SIEM platforms that perform log collection, analysis, correlation, and alerting is also preferred
- Experience with the identification and implementation of counter-measures or mitigating controls for deployment and implementation in the enterprise network environment
- Experience in collecting and maintaining information pertinent to security; investigations and incidents in a format that supports analysis, situational awareness reporting, and law enforcement investigation efforts

Benefits at UltraViolet Cyber!

- 401(k), including an employer match of 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2% contributed
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (available on the 1st day of the month following your first day of employment)
- Group Term Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Life, Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and/or Critical Illness
- Participation in the Discretionary Time Off (DTO) Program
- 11 Paid Holidays Annually

We sincerely thank all applicants in advance for submitting their interest in this position. We know your time is valuable.

UltraViolet Cyber welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

If you want to make an impact, UltraViolet Cyber is the place for you!

## About UltraViolet Cyber

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: UltraViolet Cyber is a tech-enabled managed security services provider that unifies offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations to protect Global 2000 and Federal Government customers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A in 2017; Private Equity round in 2023)
- **Headquarters**: McLean, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (earliest known funding round: 2017)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (leadership includes CEO Ira Goldstein and President/COO Atif Ghauri)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity (Managed Security Services Provider, MSSP)
- **Target customers**: Global 2000 enterprises and U.S. Federal Government agencies (B2B, Enterprise, Government)
- **Mission**: "To enable secure, resilient operations so our customers can serve, innovate, and lead with confidence."

## Products & Services
- **UV Lens**: Flagship security-as-a-service solution that removes operational silos and integrates security capabilities (SaaS/Managed Service).
- **Managed Detection & Response (MDR)**: 24/7 threat monitoring and response (Service).
- **SOC as-a-Service**: Outsourced Security Operations Center (Service).
- **Continuous Penetration Testing**: Ongoing offensive security assessments (Service).
- **Continuous Threat Exposure Management**: Proactive vulnerability identification and prioritization (Service).
- **Dedicated Defense**: Custom, dedicated security teams for clients (Service).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $4.1M (one Series A round in 2017 and one Private Equity round in 2023)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly named (one investor in the 2023 PE round); acquired Black Duck’s Application Security Testing Services Business.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Ranked #2642 on Inc. 5000 list of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.
  - Ranked #19 on MSSP Alert's Top 250 MSSPs.
  - 509 employees (as of mid-2026) with offices in McLean (HQ), Lehi (UT), Phoenix (AZ), Hyderabad (India), and remote workers in UK and Canada.
  - 52,000+ LinkedIn followers with monthly growth of +1.1%.
  - Active job postings: 34 (monthly increase of +9.7%).

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-to-market unified security operations**: Combines red (offensive) and blue (defensive) teams under one platform – the "UltraViolet" approach.
- **Founding pedigree**: Led by cybersecurity experts trained by the NSA and Federal Government, giving deep intelligence community expertise.
- **Security-as-code platform**: Delivers integrated capabilities through a potent, automated platform rather than siloed tools.
- **Customer base**: Serves Global 2000 and Federal clients, indicating high trust and stringent compliance requirements.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling the unified security operations model, expanding tech-enabled managed services, and deepening partnerships with enterprise and government clients.
- **Innovation in delivery**: Custom solutions and innovative delivery models to disrupt the traditional MSSP market.
- **Growth direction**: Continued hiring (34 open roles across engineering, sales, consulting) and geographic expansion (notably in India and UK).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Growing community of professionals passionate about cybersecurity, innovation, accountability, consistency, and a strong will to win." Emphasis on transparency, collaboration, and delivery excellence.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid and remote options available (roles in Lehi, UT; Salt Lake City; Bluemont, VA; Hyderabad, India; and fully remote positions for engineers and consultants).
- **Benefits**: Excellent benefits, compensation, training, 401k, and paid time off. Career advancement opportunities through dynamic project work.
- **Engineering culture**: Hands-on with cutting-edge security tech; teams include red team consultants, cloud security engineers, SOC analysts, and DevOps engineers.
- **Salary examples** (from Indeed): Cloud Security Engineer $100k–$150k, Associate Principal Red Team Consultant $165k–$195k, SOC Analyst ~$101k, Security Engineer ~$142k.

## Sources
1. [uvcyber.com/careers](https://www.uvcyber.com/careers)
2. [uvcyber.com/about](https://www.uvcyber.com/about)
3. [linkedin.com/company/uvcyber](https://linkedin.com/company/uvcyber)
4. [indeed.com/cmp/Ultraviolet-Cyber](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Ultraviolet-Cyber)

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