About This Role
Strategic Operational Solutions (STOPSO) is seeking a SOC Tier 1 Analyst to support the U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC) Defensive Cyberspace Operations Mission Support Services (DCOMSS) program at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Monitor cyber defense telemetry during assigned watches, triage alerts, document incidents, and escalate activity that requires deeper investigation. This is the first tier of the DCOMSS security operations workflow.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Monitor SIEM alerts, sensor events, host detections, and approved watch queues for suspicious activity.
• Triage events using approved playbooks, correlate basic evidence, and distinguish actionable activity from false positives.
• Create accurate tickets, identify applicable incident categories, preserve supporting artifacts, and maintain timely status updates.
• Escalate events to Tier 2 under documented thresholds and communicate context during shift handoffs.
• Follow approved response procedures and maintain…
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