Senior Security Threat Analyst

    • Peraton
  • Fort Huachuca, AZ
  • Posted 26 days ago | Updated 26 days ago

Overview

On Site
USD 146,000.00 - 234,000.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

Root cause analysis
Certified Ethical Hacker
System security
System integration
Network security
Cyber security
Information assurance
Microsoft Windows
Log analysis
Leadership
Nexus
Adobe AIR
SAFE
Presentations
Research
Intrusion detection
Malware analysis
Design
Operations
Analytics
SIEM
Documentation
Business analytics
Mergers and acquisitions
GCIA
DoD
ITIL
Network
Snort
Splunk
ArcSight
CISSP
CISA
GCIH
Dashboard
Reporting
Kibana
IDS
Linux
Auditing
Git
Scripting
Windows PowerShell
Bash
Python
SCA
Insurance
Financing

Job Details

About Peraton
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Identify and investigate vulnerabilities, asses exploit potential, and document findings and remedies for presentation to facilitate mitigations oncustomer systems
Perform daily cyber threat research and present findings to the organization to maintain knowledge of current adversary tactics, techniques andprocedures and how to apply them. Brief staff and leadership on these findings
Evaluate system security configurations, identify intrusion, identify incident method, and perform root cause analysis on intrusions
Perform analysis of complex software systems to determine both functionality and intent of software systems
Resolve highly complex malware and intrusion issues
Contribute to the design, development and implementation of countermeasures, system integration, and tools specific to Cyber and Information Operations
Create analytics with a SIEM to identify patterns, anomalies, and compromising indicators to alert Cyber Incident responders
Prepare and presents technical reports and briefings
Perform documentation and vetting of identified vulnerabilities for operational use
Assist all sections of the Defensive Cyber Operations team as required in performing analysis
Travel to customer sites to perform network security evaluations
Write reports of vulnerabilities to increase customer situational awareness and improve the customer's cyber security posture

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
Active Top-Secret/SCI
Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
Possess DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II Baseline Certification
Must posses an active, OR have the ability to obtain within 90 days of hire date, an ITIL Foundations Certification
Must have a full, complete, and in-depth understanding of all aspects of Defensive Cyber Operations
Must have a good breadth of knowledge of common ports and protocols of system and network services
Experience in packet captures and analyzing a network packet
Experience with intrusion detecti on systems such as Snort, Suricata, and Zeek
Experience with SIEM systems such as Splunk, ArcSight, or Elastic

Desired Qualifications:
DoD 8570 IAT III (CISSP, CASP, CISA, GCED, GCIH)
Experience in developing complex dashboards, report, and automated searches in Splunk, ArcSight, or Elastic/Kibana
Experience with analyzing packets using Arkime
Experience with Microsoft Windows event IDs
Experience with Linux audit log analysis
Familiarity with Git and VScode
Experience with one or more scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, Python

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

EEO
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.

Our Values

Benefits
At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.

Paid Time-Off and Holidays
Retirement
Life & Disability Insurance
Career Development
Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Financing
Paid Parental Leave
Additional Benefits
Medical, Dental, & Vision Care