Cyber Data Analyst

Peraton • Arlington, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is hiring an experienced Cyber Data Analyst to become a part of their FSC program in the Cyber & Intelligence sector. Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, they deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect the nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, their employees solve the most daunting challenges facing their customers.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree and minimum of 9 years of relevant experience.
• An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Must possess or be able to obtain one of the following certification before start date. Continued certification required as a condition of employment: CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CEH, CFR, CHFI, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), Cloud+, CND, CySA+, GCED, GCIH, GICSP, SSCP.
• Experience with SIEM, EDR/XDR, and network security telemetry (e.g., Splunk, Microsoft Defender, Palo Alto Networks).
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, or PySpark for data manipulation.
• Familiarity with the use of artificial intelligence to add efficiencies to, or automate data capture, sort and analysis efforts, ideally within a cyber security or threat intelligence context.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret security with the ability to obtain a final Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Building executive-level dashboards and presenting insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Exposure to anomaly detection or basic statistical modeling (not full ML ownership).
• In federal or DoD/DoS environment, particularly with missions involving the creation and application of cyber threat intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large cybersecurity datasets (e.g., network logs, authentication data, threat intelligence) to identify trends, anomalies, and potential risks
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) to provide actionable insights to leadership and operational teams
• Perform data validation, cleansing, and transformation to ensure accuracy and reliability of reporting
• Support anomaly detection and trend analysis through statistical methods and exploratory data analysis
• Collaborate with cybersecurity analysts to translate data findings into operational insights and recommendations
• Develop and refine metrics (e.g., phishing rates, authentication anomalies, threat activity trends) to improve situational awareness
• Conduct root cause and gap analysis to identify weaknesses in monitoring or detection coverage
• Support automation of recurring data processes and reporting workflows (e.g., Python, SQL, Databricks)
• Document methodologies, assumptions, and data sources to ensure transparency and reproducibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees