First IT Security Job..what should i expect salary rise?

GQGuy5

I just recently was hired by a government contractor as a Cyber Security Specialist for the Department of Veteran Affairs. I had a phone interview thursday and was offered the position friday. It will be in Security Network Operations Center (SNOC). They want be sending the offer over till Monday morning, but since the offer Friday I have been trying to think of what the salary would be. There are 4 tiers at this job. Tier 1 - Security help desk 2. Tier 2 Cyber Security Specialist (me) Tier 3 - Senior Cyber Security Specialist Tier 4 - Cyber Security Expert

Responsibilities:
1) Proven work experience performing in the role of a Sys Admin, Network or Security Analyst position
2) Must have superior written/documentation communications skills, as emails sent by this resource will be the "face" of the department's security team to component agencies.
3) Knowledge of IDS/HIPS systems.
4) Experience working in a SOC or NOC
5) Confer with leadership, team members and involving the team mission and task assignments
6) Review and perform reporting functions for the client
7) Organize self and perform all duties on-time and in a detail-oriented fashion and provide additional shift coverage when needed.
Will be familiar with Security Operations Center (SOC) tools (preferably Sourcefire, EPOMcAffee, Big Fix, Solar Winds, Palo Alto and other vulnerability management tools). Hands on technical experience with these tools strongly preferred
9) Remedy Ticket Reporting and management or some other ticketing system.
Work well as part of a Incident Response Team and Reporting Team working onsite at the client’s facility




Qualifications:
Skills Required::Required: 2+ years Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, network and security device monitoring, network and security device administration and management, security event correlation, audit log management, and support, and incident response, ticket management, creating queries for Tier II Support Analysis, providing tuning recommendations, i.e., IPS, HIPS, U.S. CERT analysis, signature development. Additional duties include managing and maintaining a knowledgebase along with monitoring configuration changes.
Level of Education Required: AA or 3 years direct experience




What do you think I should expect salary wise? I am a 23 year old recent college grad who is currently pursuing masters in Infosec

nelson8403

I think it depends on the area, something like that I'd expect to be around 50k-65k since it is a tier 2 level position. It could be more though depending on the location, most security roles I've seen have been around 50-65k but I'm from the midwest, tier 3-4 seems to be in the 70-85k range

GQGuy5

nelson8403 wrote: »

I think it depends on the area, something like that I'd expect to be around 50k-65k since it is a tier 2 level position. It could be more though depending on the location, most security roles I've seen have been around 50-65k but I'm from the midwest, tier 3-4 seems to be in the 70-85k range

Yeah, im in the midwest (chicago). Im hoping 55K or better.