A Security or Defense Intelligence Analyst gathers and analyzes information needed to anticipate and prevent organized criminal activities that may threaten national security.
Cybersecurity Threat Hunter II Invictus International Consulting, LLC - 3.6 Colorado Springs, CO Job Details Full-time From $160,000 a year 15 hours ago Qualifications Log analysis tools DoD 8570 SIEM Threat intelligence
MITRE ATT&CK IT
security monitoring
Full Job Description Title:
Cybersecurity Threat Hunter II Location:
Colorado Springs, CO 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