Operational Technology Security Consultant
Sword Group
Cyber Security
Threat Analyst
Alliant Credit Union
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois
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💰 $76,500 - $108,050 per year
Job Level
Junior
Tech Stack
Cyber Security
About the role
- Identify and assess threats relevant to the financial sector, aligning adversary behaviors with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK
- Validate security controls through purple team exercises and collaborative testing to ensure detection and response capabilities are effective and measurable
- Monitor and analyze threat intelligence sources to identify relevant threats to Alliant, credit unions and the financial sector
- Assist in mapping threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures to MITRE ATT&CK and internal risk models
- Enrich and contextualize indicators of compromise (IOCs) for use in detection and response workflows
- Support the design and execution of adversary emulation scenarios based on real-world threats using tools such as Atomic Red Team, CALDERA, or custom scripts
- Document test results and collaborate with detection engineers to close visibility or response gaps
- Participate in purple team exercises and assist in development and maintenance of test plans, threat scenarios, and control validation documentation
- Work with SOC team to ensure threat-informed defense strategies are actionable and measurable
- Contribute to cross-functional threat briefings and post-exercise reports and maintain concise documentation of threat scenarios, findings, and recommendations
- Stay informed on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and adversary tradecraft relevant to the financial sector
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology or Related
- Minimum 1 year experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Offensive Security, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering or Related
- In lieu of education: 3 years experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Offensive Security, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering or Related
- Preferred certifications: Security+, OCSP, GCTI, GCFA, CEH
- Military Training - Preferred
- Experience mapping threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures to MITRE ATT&CK
- Experience with adversary emulation tools such as Atomic Red Team, CALDERA, or custom scripts
- Experience participating in purple team exercises, detection engineering, and SOC collaboration
- Ability to monitor and analyze threat intelligence and enrich indicators of compromise
- Strong documentation and communication skills for threat scenarios, findings, and recommendations
