Cybersecurity Ops Analyst

Job ID: 2615259

Location: Santa Ana, CA, US

Date Posted: 2026-08-04

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cybersecurity Ops

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Rotating

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_HYBRID

Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to join our County of Orange Security Operations Center (SOC) team. The core mission of the SOC is to protect County assets, systems, and data against cyber threats. The Tier 2 Security Analyst will create, tune, monitor, and investigate Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) alerts and assist with other SOC functions such as incident response, digital forensics, data loss prevention, and vulnerability management actions.

Important notes:

• Since the SOC is a 7/24/365 operations center, it is expected that this person will work during some holidays.
• The SOC operates a hybrid shift model, with some days onsite and some days remote.
• Shift Rotation is to be expected based on operational needs, remaining on the same shift is not guaranteed. Reasonable notice time will be provided prior to any shift changes.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively monitor security events for networks and systems.
• Mentor and guide T1 SOC Analysts.
• Identify, investigate, and report on potential Security Incidents.
• Support risk and vulnerability assessment at the network, system, and application level.
• Support cyber metrics development, maintenance, and reporting.
• Support cyber threat intelligence development and reporting.
• Support routine identification, development and implementation of automation tasks.
• Proactively develop, recommend, and implement security controls and formulate operational risk mitigations along with assisting in security awareness programs.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend new security tools, techniques, and technologies and introduces them to the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy.
• Utilizes COTS/GOTS and custom tools and processes/procedures to scan, identify, contain, mitigate and remediate vulnerabilities, and intrusions.
• Assists in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NIST) and makes recommendations on process tailoring.
• Performs analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards.
• Periodically conducts a review of each system's audits and monitors corrective actions until all actions are closed.
• Routinely provide briefings to senior staff.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in related field and 2 years of related experience required; 4 years of related experience is highly preferred. Additional experience can be substituted in lieu of education.
• Preferred Certifications: CySA , SecurityX , GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), or similar industry related certification(s).
• Must be able to pass the LiveScan background check, CSS Department review, and Probation Department review.
• Must be able to pass a Drug Screen.

Required Skills:

• Programming languages such as Python, C , JavaScript.
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies.
• IDS/IPS, Firewalls, and Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware technologies.
• Incident Response.
• Vulnerability Management.
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing security alerts via Sentinel Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (experience with other SIEM tools would be acceptable).
• Demonstrated response, exposure to and partial or full ownership of Security Incidents.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the full Incident Response cycle: Identification, Protection, Detection, Response, Recover.
• Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures for the SOC.

Salary : $80,001 - $120,000