Security Operations Analyst at Esri

Department: 3201 - Enterprise Information Security

Compensation

$70,304 – $114,400/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: Vienna, Virginia
Type: Full-time
Level: mid
Posted: Sep 3, 2026

Description

Esri is hiring an Enterprise Security Analyst II for a hands-on Security Operations Center role focused on monitoring alerts, triaging and investigating security events, supporting incident response, and applying threat intelligence and threat hunting. The position requires at least two years of cybersecurity experience, knowledge of SIEM, EDR, networking, cloud security, and threat intelligence, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain a security clearance. The role follows a business-hours schedule with an after-hours on-call rotation and offers a base salary of $70,304 to $114,400 USD.

Required Skills

Security monitoring
Alert triage
Incident investigation
SIEM
EDR
Threat intelligence
Threat hunting
MITRE ATT&CK
Cloud security
PowerShell

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related STEM field
Required Previous Experiences: At least 2 years of cybersecurity experience involving security monitoring, alert triage, and incident investigation
Experience analyzing endpoint, identity, network, cloud, email, and log data
Experience performing threat intelligence analysis, threat hunting, incident response, or security engineering in an enterprise environment
Preferred Qualifications: Experience performing threat intelligence analysis, threat hunting, incident response, or security engineering in an enterprise environment
Experience converting threat intelligence into detections, hunts, watchlists, playbooks, response actions, or mitigation recommendations
Experience researching threat actors, malware, ransomware activity, vulnerability exploitation, or emerging attack techniques
Familiarity with SOAR platforms, detection engineering, automation, scripting, or query languages such as PowerShell, Python, KQL, or SPL
Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CompTIA Security+, GCIH, GCED, GCIA, GCFA, GCTI, CTIA, or Microsoft security certifications
Translation Company Name: Esri