CYBER THREAT HUNTER LEAD WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE
Base One Technologies
STENNIS CTR MS 39520 US
Our Stennis, MS, DC metro and Ashburn VA based client is looking for Cyber Threat Hunter Lead. If you are qualified for this position, please email your updated resume in word format to Cyber Threat Hunter Lead
Required Education/Experience
The candidate must possess an active TS/SCI Clearance. In addition to clearance requirement, all DHS personnel must obtain an EOD. BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience with a focus Primary Responsibilities
• Create Threat Models to better understand the DHS IT Enterprise, identify defensive gaps, and prioritize mitigations
• Author, update, and maintain SOPs, playbooks, work instructions
• Utilize Threat Intelligence and Threat Models to create threat hypotheses
• Plan and scope Threat Hunt Missions to verify threat hypotheses
• Proactively and iteratively search through systems and networks to detect advanced threats
• Analyze host, network, and application logs in addition to malware and code
• Prepare and report risk analysis and threat findings to appropriate stakeholders
• Create, recommend, and assist with development of new security content as the result of hunt missions to include signatures, alerts, workflows, and automation.
• Coordinate with different teams to improve threat detection, response, and improve overall security posture of the Enterprise
• Work with the customer to understand and obtain the scope and requirements of the requests
• Provide guidance and direction to team members Required Qualifications • The candidate must possess an active TS/SCI Clearance. In addition to clearance requirement, all DHS personnel must obtain an EOD.
• BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience with a focus on Cyber Security or Masters with 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Should have at least 4 years of experience serving as a SOC Analyst or Incident Responder
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated Must Have One of the Following J3 Certifications
• SANS GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler)
• SANS GCFA (GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst)
• SANS GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrustion Analyst)
• SANS GNFA (GIAC Network Forensic Analyst)
• SANS GWAPT (GIAC Web Application Pentester)
• SANS GPEN (GIAC Penetration Tester)
• Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Preferred Qualifications
• Expertise in network and host based analysis and investigation
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing threat hunt missions
• Understanding of complex Enterprise networks to include routing, switching, firewalls, proxies, load balancers
• Working knowledge of common (HTTP, DNS, SMB, etc) networking protocols
• Familiar with operation of both Windows and Linux based systems
• Proficient with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell
• Familiarity with Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) and/or Elastic Domain Specific Language (DSL)
• Demonstrated experience triaging and responding to APT activities.
• Experience working with various technologies and platform such as AWS, Azure, O365, containers, etc.
• Understanding of current cyber threat landscape, the different tactics commonly used by adversaries and how you would investigate, contain and recover against their attacks.
Required Education/Experience
The candidate must possess an active TS/SCI Clearance. In addition to clearance requirement, all DHS personnel must obtain an EOD. BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience with a focus Primary Responsibilities
• Create Threat Models to better understand the DHS IT Enterprise, identify defensive gaps, and prioritize mitigations
• Author, update, and maintain SOPs, playbooks, work instructions
• Utilize Threat Intelligence and Threat Models to create threat hypotheses
• Plan and scope Threat Hunt Missions to verify threat hypotheses
• Proactively and iteratively search through systems and networks to detect advanced threats
• Analyze host, network, and application logs in addition to malware and code
• Prepare and report risk analysis and threat findings to appropriate stakeholders
• Create, recommend, and assist with development of new security content as the result of hunt missions to include signatures, alerts, workflows, and automation.
• Coordinate with different teams to improve threat detection, response, and improve overall security posture of the Enterprise
• Work with the customer to understand and obtain the scope and requirements of the requests
• Provide guidance and direction to team members Required Qualifications • The candidate must possess an active TS/SCI Clearance. In addition to clearance requirement, all DHS personnel must obtain an EOD.
• BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience with a focus on Cyber Security or Masters with 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Should have at least 4 years of experience serving as a SOC Analyst or Incident Responder
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated Must Have One of the Following J3 Certifications
• SANS GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler)
• SANS GCFA (GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst)
• SANS GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrustion Analyst)
• SANS GNFA (GIAC Network Forensic Analyst)
• SANS GWAPT (GIAC Web Application Pentester)
• SANS GPEN (GIAC Penetration Tester)
• Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Preferred Qualifications
• Expertise in network and host based analysis and investigation
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing threat hunt missions
• Understanding of complex Enterprise networks to include routing, switching, firewalls, proxies, load balancers
• Working knowledge of common (HTTP, DNS, SMB, etc) networking protocols
• Familiar with operation of both Windows and Linux based systems
• Proficient with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell
• Familiarity with Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) and/or Elastic Domain Specific Language (DSL)
• Demonstrated experience triaging and responding to APT activities.
• Experience working with various technologies and platform such as AWS, Azure, O365, containers, etc.
• Understanding of current cyber threat landscape, the different tactics commonly used by adversaries and how you would investigate, contain and recover against their attacks.