SAIC
SAIC

Cyber Threat and Vulnerability Hunter

CHANTILLY, VA, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 5 hours ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Computer Hardware
  • Research
  • JD
  • Security Clearance
  • Cloud Computing
  • Cyber Security
  • DoD
  • Digital Forensics
  • Incident Management
  • Network
  • Penetration Testing
  • Information Technology
  • Systems Engineering
  • FOCUS

Summary

Job ID: 2600464

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-01-16

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cyber Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking Cyber Threat and Vulnerability Hunter to join its Blue Team Vulnerability Assessment Program in Chantilly, Virginia. This position requires an active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.

Positional Overview:
  • Perform technical reviews and analysis of network Packet Captures (PCAP), system events, and host-level artifacts to identify threat-related activities or vulnerabilities.
  • Operate and support maintenance of technical hunt software and hardware.
  • Research, evaluate and recommend new cybersecurity technologies and techniques to enhance the existing program capabilities.
  • Identify and recommend solutions to mitigate discovered vulnerabilities.
  • Provide briefings or technical feedback to stakeholders.

Qualifications

Typical Education and Experience: Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more related experience. Note: Additional years professional experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

Required Qualifications:
  • Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.
  • 3 or more years work experience with performing cyber hunt activities within cloud or on-premise environments.
  • Cybersecurity countermeasures and mitigation strategies work experience.
  • Active DoD Directive 8570/8140 IAT/IAM II Certification:
    • Ability to obtain a qualified certification within 3 months of hire.

Desired Skills (knowledge or experience within one or more of the following areas):
  • Relative academic degree or technical certification within Cyber Hunting or Digital Forensics.
  • Incident Response (System or Network Threat Triaging.)
  • Penetration Testing.



Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 10111346
  • Position Id: 2600464
  • Posted 30+ days ago

Company Info

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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