
Cyber Hunt Analyst
Mission Technologies, a division of HII
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fort Meade • Maryland • United States
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Salary
💰 $118,987 - $165,000 per year
About the role
- Conduct threat hunt operations on assigned JCRS-D (Big Data Platforms).
- Present threat hunt findings through live - interactive remote conference sessions.
- Perform data analytics across disparate data sets.
- Assist customer(s) with their threat hunting operations on location as required.
- Perform quality assurance checks on data that is resident on JCRS-D.
- Evaluate and analyze new data feeds to determine relevance and usability of data.
- Support JCRS-D analytic requests (data search, visualizations, dashboards..etc).
- Provide real time customer support during normal working hours (JCRS-D support chat room).
- Maintain situational awareness of emerging cyber threats for possible action and notification to an impacted customer(s).
- Support JCRS-D demonstration requests to showcase various capabilities of the platform.
- Support JCRS-D training events either in person or virtually.
- Provide advice on data enrichment and functions to enhance customer experience.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Security Clearance - A current TS/SCI level U.S. Government clearance with Polygraph is required.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- 5+ years experience in cyber security operations related fields with Bachelors in Information Technology, Cyber Security or related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
- Experience with the DoD customers, ideally supporting US Cyber Command, USMC, DISA or DCDC.
- Proficient in various query languages (SQL, KQL (Kusto)).
- Proficient in Python and bonus for strong experience using Jupyter notebooks.
- Experience with dashboarding/visualizations (Power-BI, Superset).
- Familiarity with cloud providers and environments (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform).
- Desire to grow professional and personally.
- Ability to complete technical tasks without supervision.
- Ability to foster and support a collaborative working environment.
- Excellent public speaking, presentation, and customer service skills.
- Positive and energetic attitude.
- Critical thinking and natural curiosity for all things cybersecurity.
- Cyber Hunt methodologies and techniques.
- SIEMs - (e.g., Splunk, Q-Radar, ELK).
- SOARs (e.g., Sentinel, CORTEX, X-SOAR).
- Developing and deploying threat detection signatures.
- Detecting host and network-based intrusions.
- Collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources. (e.g., CVE, OSINT).
- Recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks.
- Reading and interpreting signatures (e.g., SNORT, SIGMA, Yara, YAML).
- Cyber defense and vulnerability assessment tools and their capabilities.
- Network traffic analysis methods (e.g.,TCP-DUMP, Wireshark, Bro/Zeek).
- Familiar with cyber attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks), and incident response and handling methodologies. (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, LM Killchain).
- Intrusion Detection System (IDS)/Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) tools and applications.
- Must have or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire - Data+, Security+, CySA+, GCIH, GNFA, GCFA or other industry recognized Cybersecurity Certification.
Benefits
- 100% paid employee premium for healthcare, vision and dental plans.
- 10% 401k benefit.
- Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays.
- Education/training allowances.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLKQLPythonJupyter notebooksPower-BISupersetSIEMsSOARsnetwork traffic analysiscyber defense tools
Soft Skills
public speakingpresentation skillscustomer servicecritical thinkingcollaborative workingpositive attitudenatural curiosityability to work without supervisiondesire for professional growthsituational awareness
Certifications
Data+Security+CySA+GCIHGNFAGCFA