Security Analyst at Integral
McLean, VA
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Jun 29, 2026
McLean, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role supports U.S. Army cyber defense research, focused on detecting, analyzing, and documenting malicious and anomalous network activity. Day-to-day work involves operating vulnerability scanners, building and refining detection methods using commercial and open-source tools, and analyzing network infrastructure for signs of exploitation or probing. It suits candidates with hands-on experience in Tenable Security Center, Nessus, and McAfee HBSS, holding an active TS/SCI clearance and relevant security certifications.
Mid level · 3+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $152,225 (middle half $125,286–$177,673).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting defines two tiers — 'Journeyman' (1+ years of certifications) and 'Master' (3+ years) — but does not explicitly label them as separate job grades or salary bands; the overall years minimum is set to 3 to reflect the Master-tier experience floor, which appears to be the primary target.
All four certifications (CEH, CISSP, Cisco CCNA Security, Tenable CSE) are listed under the Required section and are treated as hard gates. The Tenable Certified Security Engineer (CE) is additionally called out as 'Full CE certification required.'
The role supports the U.S. Army C5ISR Center; while the company is headquartered in McLean, VA, the work is defense/government-site-based. Location is inferred as the Washington DC metro area.
McAfee custom queries and host intrusion prevention signature experience are listed together as a single 1-year requirement; they are split into separate skills for clarity, with the host intrusion prevention aspect captured under the McAfee custom queries skill.
The 1-year operations center/call center or technical helpdesk requirement appears twice (once under Tenable, once under McAfee) and is a general operational experience gate rather than a named technology — it is reflected in the overall years minimum rather than as a discrete skill.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Nessus Attack Scripting Language.
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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