About the role
Overview
The Government Publishing Office (GPO) SecDevOps program provides advanced security, development, and operations support to safeguard federal information systems and infrastructure. This initiative integrates cybersecurity best practices with agile development and IT operations to ensure continuous security, compliance, and resilience across GPO’s enterprise IT services. The mission is to protect and enable GPO’s digital transformation by delivering secure, scalable, and reliable IT services in alignment with federal cybersecurity mandates and operational excellence standards.
DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking an IT Security Operations Analyst – Mid to support the GPO Security Operations Center (SOC) by leading incident triage, response coordination, and operational documentation. This role ensures cybersecurity threats are rapidly identified, escalated, and mitigated through standardized response procedures and collaboration with key IT stakeholders. The analyst also contributes to Risk Management Framework (RMF) artifact generation in support of audit and compliance requirements.
Location: Remote – candidates located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (DMV) are highly preferred.
Clearance Requirement: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Note: By applying to this position, you acknowledge and consent to having your resume included in an active competitive government contract bid.
*Please Note: This requisition is contingent upon contract award.*
Duties & Responsibilities
IT Security Operations Analyst – Mid will:
- Serve as a front-line incident handler, performing real-time triage of security alerts from Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Trellix, and other EDR/SIEM tools.
- Analyze logs, network traffic, and security events to validate incidents and identify root causes.
- Lead initial incident response actions and escalate to senior analysts or SOC leads per established playbooks Assist in the assessment, implementation, and maintenance of security measures for GPO systems in alignment with NIST SP 800-37 and SP 800-53.