Cyber Systems Leader for Threat Analysis and Intelligence

3 weeks ago

Arlington, Virginia, United States Leidos Full time
Senior Cyber Systems Engineer

We are seeking a skilled Senior Cyber Systems Engineer to join our team at Leidos, working in the Electronic Warfare Division.

Overview

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cyber security and network defense, with a strong background in leading R&D projects as Principal Investigator/Chief Engineer (PI/ChEng). They will be responsible for contributing to technical volumes of cyber-related proposals, analyzing network and host activity associated with successful and unsuccessful intrusions by advanced attackers, and performing network traffic analysis using raw packet data, net flow, IDS, and custom sensor output.

Main Responsibilities
  • Lead small R&D projects as PI/ChEng.
  • Contribute to technical volumes of cyber-related proposals.
  • Analyze network and host activity associated with successful and unsuccessful intrusions by advanced attackers.
  • Perform network traffic analysis using raw packet data, net flow, IDS, and custom sensor output.
  • Leverage understanding of tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with advanced threats to create and add custom signatures that mitigate highly dynamic threats to the system.
  • Employ advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction and intelligence gathering.
  • Proactively research emerging cyber threats and apply analytical understanding of attacker methodologies and tactics, system vulnerabilities, and key indicators of attacks and exploits.
  • Contribute to threat intelligence reports and briefings that provide situational awareness of cyber threats impacting the company's global network infrastructure.
  • Participate in threat hunt operations using known adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, as well as indicators of attack, to detect advanced threats to the enterprise.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree and 15+ years relevant experience in cyber security or network defense.
  • Strong leadership skills for taking a team of engineers from multi-disciplinary domains and successfully completing R&D projects.
  • Strong technical execution experience as PI/ChEng, which includes technical planning and labor estimation.
  • Strong understanding of Linux-based operating systems, and network stack/routing/interconnectivity.
  • A deep understanding of advanced cyber threats targeting mission systems, along with the tools, tactics, and procedures used by those threats.
  • Experience performing intrusion analysis, digital forensics, and correlation of log data from multiple sources including PCAP and forensic artifacts.
  • Experience applying threat and data modeling, advanced data correlation, and statistical analysis to develop alerts, notable events, investigative dashboards, and metrics-driven reports.
  • Working knowledge with AI/ML.
  • Working knowledge with Python and C++, and the Linux/Unix command line.
  • Must be eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Understanding of behavioral-based threat models, including ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, etc.
  • Strong understanding of Mobile Operating Systems and Mobile Networks.
  • Previous experience as Threat Researcher and/or Intelligence Analyst.
  • Experience with dynamic malware analysis, and reverse engineering.
  • Experience in cryptography or cryptanalysis.
  • Ability to create, modify, and implement both Snort and YARA signatures.
  • Working knowledge of Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), Computer Network Attack (CNA) and Computer Network Defense (CND) tools and techniques.
  • Relevant certifications such as CISSP, SANS GIAC, CEH, etc.
  • Capable and comfortable communicating actionable threat intelligence to both technical and executive-level stakeholders.
  • Published research papers at conferences or through other mediums (blogs, articles).
Compensation

Salary Range:

$126,100.00 - $227,950.00

Note: The salary range is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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