Cybersecurity Threat Hunter II

Alexandria, VA, US • Posted 9 hours ago • Updated 9 hours ago

Full Time

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Skills

Cyber Security
Security Controls
Incident Management
System On A Chip
Reporting
Data Collection
Security Analysis
Threat Analysis
Network
Analytical Skill
SIEM
Network Security
DoD
Integrated Circuit
Internal Communications
IC
Security Clearance
Continuous Integration

Summary

Title: Cybersecurity Threat Hunter II

Location: Alexandria, VA

Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

Job Details:

Independently conduct hypothesis-driven threat hunts across available enterprise telemetry to identify malicious or anomalous activity not detected by automated controls
Proactively analyze security telemetry to identify indicators of compromise, anomalous behavior, and adversary activity that has not met an incident threshold or has evaded automated security controls
Assess and correlate data from multiple sources, including network, endpoint, identity, SIEM, threat intelligence, vulnerability, and other available security data
Document hunt activity, findings, evidence, and recommended follow-on actions in authorized systems and initiate or support incident-response processes when malicious activity is identified
Provide relevant findings and trends for SOC operational reporting, significant-activity reporting, and defensive awareness
Develop hunt hypotheses based on threat intelligence, adversary TTPs, environmental observations, emerging threats, and known detection gaps
Use MITRE ATT&CK and other threat-informed methodologies to characterize observed behavior and guide analytical pivots
Identify patterns, relationships, and potential adversary activity across users, hosts, network segments, and time periods
Recommend new or improved detections, data collection, enrichment, and defensive controls based on hunt outcomes

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in a technical discipline applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of may be substituted in lieu of a degree

Minimum four (4) years of relevant experience in addition to education level
Hands-on experience with threat hunting, security analysis, incident investigation, threat intelligence analysis, or comparable proactive cyber defense work
Working knowledge of adversary TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, network and endpoint telemetry, and analytical search techniques
Experience using SIEM, network-security monitoring, endpoint telemetry, or other large-scale security data sources
Must possess current DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification
Experience working in a DoD or IC environment
Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

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Posted 9 hours ago

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