Incident Handler - Senior

About the Position

Peraton is currently seeking a Senior Cyber Incident Response Analyst to join our team in Fort Huachuca, Arizona. This role specializes in managing the full lifecycle of cyber security incidents, ensuring compliance with NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 3 and Army incident response procedures.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full cyber incident lifecycle: From initial detection and triage through containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review.
• Coordinate incident response activities: With internal GCC teams, supported unit commanders, NETCOM, and ARCYBER.
• Produce comprehensive analysis reports: Documenting the timeline, scope, impact, root cause, and remediation actions for each cyber incident.
• Maintain accurate incident tracking records: Ensuring all case data, evidence artifacts, analyst notes, and closure documentation meet GCC quality standards and audit requirements.
• Conduct post-incident reviews: Identifying process gaps, detection failures, and response inefficiencies, and translating findings into actionable improvements.
• Serve as a technical leader: Providing mentorship to associate-level staff and performing quality assurance reviews of team output.
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks: For common attack scenarios, ensuring procedures remain current with the evolving threat landscape.

Requirements

• Experience: 2 years with BS/BA; 4 years with Associates; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with no degree.
• Certification: Must hold certification for DOD 8140 DCWF 531 Advanced prior to start date.
• Clearance: Ability to obtain DoD Secret Clearance (active clearance is preferred).
• Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency with ServiceNow Security Operations (SecOps) module for incident tracking and SLA management.
  • Proficiency with Elastic Stack for SIEM-based alert triage, event correlation, and incident timeline reconstruction.
  • Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-61 Rev.3 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide and DoD/Army incident response policy frameworks.
  • Familiarity with digital forensics tools and techniques for evidence collection, chain of custody, and artifact analysis.
  • Experience operating in a 24/7 CSSP or SOC environment supporting classified Army or DoW networks.

We Offer

• Competitive Salary: Range of $80,000 - $128,000.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays.
• On-site Position: No remote/telework allowed.

About the Company

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.