Security Analyst

A growing cybersecurity consulting firm is seeking a Security Analyst to join their expanding team. This is a 6-month contract-to-hire opportunity requiring 3 days onsite in Washington, D.C. Candidates must be able to successfully obtain Public Trust Clearance.

You will lead threat detection, incident response, and hunt operations for a high-visibility environment. This role offers the opportunity to drive advanced detection engineering efforts and work directly with executive leadership on enterprise security risk.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Tier 3 incident response efforts and coordinate with security operations staff
• Develop and execute threat hunt plans based on adversary behaviors
• Design and implement scalable detection logic across diverse environments
• Perform log and network traffic analysis, malware analysis, and red team detection
• Identify new data sources to improve detection coverage and response workflows
• Guide development of security automation solutions and playbooks
• Develop and manage long-term, resourced cybersecurity projects
• Advise stakeholders on security event metrics, project risks, and detection enhancements
• Define and document security standards, response procedures, and monitoring policies
• Serve as SME across two or more domains: cloud security, malware analysis, threat hunting, network access control, or security automation

Must-Have Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with strong technical depth
• Minimum 1 year of hands-on cloud security experience (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Strong experience with detection engineering, threat emulation, and adversary simulation tools

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