Lead Cybersecurity Threat Analyst

2 weeks ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States Peraton Full time
Key Responsibilities

The following duties are essential to this role:

  • Identify and assess vulnerabilities, evaluate exploit potential, and document findings and solutions for presentation to enhance mitigations on client systems.
  • Conduct daily research on cyber threats and share insights with the organization to stay informed about current adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures. Provide briefings to staff and leadership on these insights.
  • Review system security configurations, detect intrusions, identify incident methods, and perform root cause analysis on security breaches.
  • Analyze complex software systems to ascertain both functionality and intent.
  • Resolve intricate malware and intrusion challenges.
  • Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of countermeasures, system integration, and tools tailored to Cyber and Information Operations.
  • Develop analytics with a SIEM to detect patterns, anomalies, and indicators of compromise to alert Cyber Incident responders.
  • Prepare and deliver technical reports and presentations.
  • Document and vet identified vulnerabilities for operational application.
  • Support all sections of the Defensive Cyber Operations team as needed in conducting analyses.
  • Travel to client locations to conduct network security assessments.
  • Generate reports on vulnerabilities to enhance client situational awareness and strengthen their cybersecurity posture.
Qualifications

Essential Qualifications:

  • Active Top-Secret/SCI clearance.
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience with a BS/BA; 6 years with an MS/MA; or 3 years with a PhD.
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification.
  • GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA) certification.
  • Possess DoD M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II Baseline Certification.
  • Must have the ability to obtain an ITIL Foundations Certification within 90 days of hire.
  • Comprehensive understanding of all aspects of Defensive Cyber Operations.
  • Broad knowledge of common ports and protocols for system and network services.
  • Experience in packet capture and network packet analysis.
  • Familiarity with intrusion detection systems such as Snort, Suricata, and Zeek.
  • Experience with SIEM systems such as Splunk, ArcSight, or Elastic.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • DoD 8570 IAT III certifications (CISSP, CASP, CISA, GCED, GCIH).
  • Experience in creating complex dashboards, reports, and automated searches in Splunk, ArcSight, or Elastic/Kibana.
  • Proficiency in analyzing packets using Arkime.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Windows event IDs.
  • Experience with Linux audit log analysis.
  • Familiarity with Git and VScode.
  • Proficient in one or more scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

Company Overview

Peraton is a forward-thinking national security firm that drives missions of significance across the globe and into the farthest reaches of space. As a leading integrator of mission capabilities and transformative enterprise IT solutions, we provide trusted, highly differentiated technologies to safeguard our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical intersection of traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company partners with essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Our employees tackle the most challenging issues facing our clients every day.

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