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title: Incident Responder Tier 2
description: Athletes Global Corporation is hiring for the Incident Responder Tier 2 role in
  Fort Meade, MD. See the full description and apply.
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date: 2026-10-06T04:19:59Z
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| **Company** | Athletes Global Corporation |
| **Location** | Fort Meade, MD |
| **Salary** | $115K/yr - $147K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Oct 04, 2026 |
## Description

**Pay:** $115,000.00 - $147,000.00 per hour

Job description:

We partner with the US national defense community to create fully integrated, resilient, and innovative digital solutions that enable them to make smart decisions in real-time. We work with our customers on everything from conquering their data to improving and safeguarding IT infrastructure. Our ultimate goal? To enhance our nation's ability to identify, address, and act – no matter what challenges arise.

**Position Summary:** The **Tier 2 Incident Responder** performs in-depth investigation, containment, and remediation of security incidents escalated from Tier 1, applying the NIST SP 800-61 incident response life cycle and mentors Tier 1 analysts on investigative technique.

**Clearance:** TS/SCI with CI Poly  
**Location:** Ft. Meade, MD (Onsite)

**Work Schedule and Conditions:** Primary shift assignment within the 24/7/365 coverage model.

**Duties and Responsibilities:** Duties include the following.

- Investigate escalated alerts and incidents through log analysis, malware analysis, and digital forensics, determining scope, root cause, and impact.

- Support execution of containment and eradication actions. Support recovery of affected systems to a known-good, hardened baseline.

- Document incident timelines and findings, create and track POA&M entries to closure and contribute to after-action reviews that feed back into detection content and playbooks.

- Review and remediate findings.

- Provide technical mentorship to Tier 1 Analysts and serve as a secondary escalation point during major incidents or surge conditions.

**Required Education and Experience:** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field preferred, or equivalent experience; three to five years of hands-on incident response, digital forensics, or security operations experience.

**Required Certifications:** DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III or CSSP Incident Responder certification (e.g., GCIH, GCFA, or CySA+) required; working knowledge of endpoint detection and response (EDR) tooling, packet analysis, and at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, PowerShell, or Bash) preferred.

**Salary Range:** $115-$147k based on experience and shift

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field or equivalent experience?
- So you have three to five years of hands-on incident response, digital forensics, or security operations experience?
- DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III or CSSP Incident Responder certification (e.g., GCIH, GCFA, or CySA+)?
- Do you have working knowledge of endpoint detection and response (EDR) tooling, packet analysis, and at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, PowerShell, or Bash)?

Ability to Commute:

- Fort Meade, MD 20755 (Required)

Work Location: In person
## Skills

- Scripting
- Cyber Security
- DoD 8570 Certification
- ICT Infrastructure
- Information Technology
- IBM Certified SOC Analyst - QRadar SIEM V7.4.3 Plus CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst
- Python
- Malware Analysis
- Security Operations
- Root Cause Analysis
- Plan of Action and Milestones (Poa&m)
- CI/CD
- Windows PowerShell
- IT Infrastructure
- Mentoring
- Safeguarding
- Endpoint Detection and Response (Edr)
- Incident Response
- Bash
- Packet Analyzers
- Log Analysis
- Computer Science
- Digital Forensics
- Equities
- Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (Ts/sci Clearance)

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