Cyber Countermeasures Engineer

7 days ago


Hill AFB, UT, United States By Light Professional IT Services Full time
Company Overview

By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.

Position Overview

By Light is seeking a Cyber Countermeasures Engineer who's primary duty location is DISA Global Field Command (DGFC),Hill AFB, Utah.

Responsibilities
  • Provide mission support, as necessary for a new cyber capability 
  • Serve as the cyber countermeasure Subject Matter Expert for a new cyber capability.
  • Work directly with commercial vendor cyber fusion/threat analyst teams to develop effective countermeasures addressing a wide range of priority and/or emerging cyber threats.
  • Ensure countermeasures are effective in supporting desired mission outcomes.
  • Provide critical integration for commercial vendors teams
  • Analyze signatures (ex. YARA, Snort) in Cyber Threat Intelligence or DoD orders and assess new capability coverage for these threats
Required Experience/Qualifications
  • 2+ years of experience in cyber analyst role
  • Experience conducting malware analysis
  • Experience developing behavioral threat signatures, such as YARA rules
  • Experience with cyber operations and cyber operation planning processes
  • Understands malicious cyber actor TTPs to include initial access and command-and-control
  • Understands how to use cyber security tools and data to conduct defensive cyber operations
  • Understands cyber threats and cyber threat frameworks such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Understands Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and how to integrate CTI into defensive cyber operations
Preferred Experience/Qualifications
  • Hands on SIEM experience, preferably with Splunk, to include configuration, query development, log review/analysis, and correlation of event data
  • 5+ years of experience in cyber analyst role, preferably supporting DGFC or JFHQ
  • Experience with regex and signature development
  • Experience with coding/scripting
  • Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP and/or GIAC certifications
  • Splunk certifications
Special Requirements/Security Clearance
  • Active TS/SCI clearance required


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