Cybersecurity Operations Center Shift 5 Lead
CACI · Springfield, VA
$86,600–$181,800from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Springfield, VA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Shift Lead role within a 24x7x365 Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's enterprise networks. The position combines hands-on SOC analyst duties — incident response, ticket review, tool and data feed monitoring — with shift-level leadership responsibilities such as managing staffing, conducting shift turnovers, mentoring junior and senior analysts, and coordinating with the Defensive Cyber Operations branch lead. Suited to an experienced SOC professional with active TS/SCI clearance and DoD 8570/8140 certifications.
Senior level · 3+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role is classified as a Shift Lead, not a people-manager with hiring/budget authority, so 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) was chosen over 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers); however, the supervisory and mentorship duties make 11-3021 a plausible runner-up.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as required but the posting explicitly states 'additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
The posting requires an active TS/SCI and the ability to obtain a CI Poly within 6 months; the CI Poly is a near-term gate but not a day-one hard requirement.
DoD 8140.01 is cited alongside DoD 8570.01 as the governing policy framework; both refer to the same IAT Level II / CSSP Analyst certification requirement.
The salary range ($86,600–$181,800/year) is broad and the posting notes it is influenced by geographic location and federal contract wage rates.
No specific CSOC tooling (SIEM, EDR, etc.) is named anywhere in the posting, so no tool-level skills beyond certifications and SOC experience could be extracted.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): SOC analysis, DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II, MITRE ATT&CK / adversarial tactics and techniques.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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