Senior Network Security Operations Center; SOC Engineer; Federal

We support mission-critical federal environments with advanced cybersecurity engineering and operational excellence. Our team safeguards national security infrastructure through proactive defense strategies, automation, and secure-by-design principles. We value innovation, accountability, diversity of thought, and a strong bias for action.

If you are a security builder and not just a monitor this role is designed for you.

We are seeking a Senior Network Security Operations Center (SOC) Engineer to serve as a technical leader within our Federal Security Operations program. This is not a passive monitoring role. You will proactively hunt threats, optimize enterprise security tooling, and engineer resilient defensive architectures to outpace sophisticated adversaries.

This position bridges rigorous federal compliance frameworks (FISMA, NIST, TIC 3.0) with high-performance security engineering to ensure our security stack is deeply integrated, finely tuned, and operationally effective.

• Lead optimization of SIEM, EDR, XDR, and Next-Generation Firewall platforms
• Manage integration across disparate systems to ensure seamless data flow and visibility
• Enhance telemetry, log pipelines, and detection logic for maximum operational efficiency

• Develop hypothesis-driven threat hunting strategies across on-prem and cloud environments
• Identify stealthy persistence mechanisms, lateral movement, and advanced attack patterns
• Map findings to the MITRE ATT&CK framework for reporting and intelligence enrichment

• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex security incidents
• Perform deep packet inspection (PCAP analysis), TLS/SSL decryption review, and memory forensics
• Lead containment, eradication, and root cause analysis efforts

• Design and maintain SOAR playbooks using Python or Bash
• Automate triage, enrichment, and remediation workflows
• Reduce Mean Time to Respond (MTTR) and mitigate analyst fatigue

• Implement NIST 800-53 controls within operational workflows
• Support TIC 3.0 architecture alignment
• Champion phishing-resistant MFA, SSO, and audit logging best practices
• Maintain continuous compliance without sacrificing operational velocity

• Expert-level experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk Enterprise Security)
• Advanced EDR/XDR experience (e.g., Crowd Strike, Microsoft Defender)
• Hands-on configuration and management of Next-Generation Firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto)
• Familiarity with consolidated AI-driven SOC platforms (e.g., Cortex XSIAM) highly desirable

• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/SSL
• Ability to analyze and interpret PCAP data
• Experience with encrypted traffic inspection and advanced network telemetry

• Strong Linux and Windows administration background
• Security-first systems hardening and baseline management
• Cloud security exposure preferred (AWS/Azure Gov environments)

• Ability to translate technical vulnerabilities into executive-level insights
• Experience aligning detections to MITRE ATT&CK
• Strong documentation and briefing capabilities

• Experience: 7+ years in high-stakes Network Security within Federal environments
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Certifications (Required): CISSP, CASP+, GCIH, or other qualifying IAT Level III / IAM Level II certification
• Clearance: Active Top Secret (TS), eligible for SCI

GAMA-1 also offers a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) savings plan, training and career development opportunities, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO - to cover vacation, illness or disability, appointments, emergencies or other situations that require time off from work). For more information .

ABOUT GAMA-1

GAMA-1 is a rapidly growing technology business that is based in Greenbelt, Maryland. GAMA-1 Technologies provides strategic information assurance, information security, and business enterprise and networking solutions to the Federal Government. Our success is based on the utilization of industry and agency standards, establishment of standardized processes, and IT Services expertise. At GAMA-1, we believe employees should grow, achieve, and develop just as the company grows, achieves, and develops.

GAMA-1 is committed to providing our employees with opportunities for career advancement throughout their employment.

GAMA-1 is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry,…