SOC Security Engineer

Revolutional delivers advanced technology solutions and mission support to federal agencies across civilian, health, and national security environments. We apply modern capabilities, including AI/ML, cloud, cybersecurity, and IT modernization to solve complex challenges, enable faster and more secure operations, and drive measurable mission outcomes.

We are redefining how federal technology gets built and delivered by operating with a product mindset, prioritizing speed, ownership, and execution over bureaucracy.

Title: SOC Engineer

Location: Onsite – New Carrollton, MD or Memphis, TN

Terms: Full-time

Salary: $115K - $135K

Clearance: Public Trust

Travel: 0% (onsite presence at client facilities)

Position Description

We are seeking a SOC Engineer to engineer, deploy, maintain, and improve the cybersecurity tools and capabilities that support a Security Operations Center (SOC) for a large federal agency across on-premises and cloud environments. This role develops and implements cybersecurity solutions, builds and tunes detections, analytics, dashboards, and automation, and translates security and business requirements into technical designs. This position works weekday core operational hours, but may require evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts in the case of an incident or emergency.

The successful candidate will:

• Keep SOC tools, sensors, and platforms deployed, integrated, and well maintained.
• Build and tune detections that improve quality and reduce false positives.
• Develop automation and playbooks that make SOC operations more efficient.
• Document engineering work clearly for operations and change control.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement cybersecurity solutions to protect systems and networks against potential threats.
• Research and pilot new cybersecurity technologies, and investigate and resolve cybersecurity solution issues.
• Assist with configurations, validate secure complex systems, and test security products and systems to detect security weaknesses.
• Interface with stakeholders in the strategic design process to translate security and business requirements into technical designs.
• Develop mitigations in response to security incidents and evolving cyber threats.
• Support cybersecurity architecture, strategy, research, evaluation, prototyping, integration, deployment, and sustainment of SOC tools, sensors, platforms, and enclaves.
• Ensure engineered solutions comply with client policies, standards, hardening guidelines, security requirements, and approved technical direction.
• Support integration and interoperability of SOC tools, sensors, data sources, platforms, workflows, applications, and related cybersecurity infrastructure.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation, including design documentation, configuration information, test plans, end-to-end configuration flow diagrams, deployment records, and operational handoff materials.
• Support technical change requests through the client’s Change Control Board or equivalent change management process.
• Assist the client with maintaining SOC tool, asset, software license, maintenance, support agreement, and inventory information.
• Develop, test, maintain, and document custom analytics, detections, dashboards, scripts, interfaces, and automation playbooks.
• Perform sensor, rule, alert, and analytics tuning to improve detection quality, reduce false positives, and support efficient SOC operations.
• Prototype and integrate approved SOC technologies and custom capabilities.
• Support development and maintenance of automation, orchestration, and response playbooks.
• Validate custom capabilities before operational use and document results, dependencies, limitations, configuration requirements, and maintenance considerations.
• Recommend targeted improvements to SOC tools, workflows, detections, dashboards, scripts, and content based on operational findings and client priorities.
• Assist with creating cybersecurity standards and policies.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field and 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining SOC technologies such as SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IDS/IPS, and network sensors.
• Experience developing and tuning detection rules, analytics, and dashboards.
• Scripting or automation experience (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Experience developing engineering documentation, including designs, test plans, and configuration records.
• Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 and security hardening practices.

Desired

• Experience supporting federal government contracts as a contractor, including working to contract performance standards, deliverable schedules, and government review and approval processes.
• Experience with Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or similar SIEM content development.
• Experience with SOAR platforms and automation playbooks.
• Experience with change management processes.
• Certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CySA+, GIAC (GCIA, GCDA), or vendor certifications.

Work Authorization/Clearance: Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

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Here at Revolutional we are pleased to have been repeatedly recognized for our outstanding work culture, the innovative work we do, and the employees on our team who make a difference each day. Some of these recognitions include:

• Recognized as a Top 20 "Best Place to Work in Virginia"
• Recipient of Department of Labor's HireVets Gold Medallion
• Great Place to Work Certification for five years running
• A Virginia Chamber of Commerce Fantastic 50 company
• A Northern Virginia Technology Council Tech 100 company
• Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies for eleven years
• Two-time SBA SBIR Tibbett's Award winner
• Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Certification

We recognize that every bit of our success is the result of our teams of hard-working, motivated, and innovative professionals who are proud to call themselves part of the Revolutional family! In addition to competitive compensation, a family-focused culture, and a dynamic, productive work environment, we offer all full-time employees a variety of benefits including, but not limited to

• Traditional and HSA- eligible medical insurance plans
• 100% employer-paid dental and vision insurance options
• 100% employer-sponsored STD, LTD, and life insurance
• 5% 401(k) company matching
• Flexible-schedules and teleworking options
• Paid holidays and PTO Accrual Plans
• Paid Parental Leave
• Professional development and career growth opportunities
• Team and company-wide events, recognition, and appreciation-- and so much more!

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Revolutional is an Equal Opportunity Employer providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or genetics. Revolutional does and will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. To perform the above job successfully, an individual must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed; meet the education and work experience required; and must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. Other duties in addition to those listed may be assigned as necessary to meet business needs. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable an applicant with a disability to successfully apply for and/or perform the essential duties of the job. If you are in need of an accommodation, please contact HR@revolutional.com.

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