Cyber Threat Analyst, Jr.

Parsons Corporation•Annapolis Junction, MD

About The Position

Parsons is looking for a Cyber Threat Analyst to join our team. In this role you will identify and assess the capabilities and activities of cyber criminals and/ or foreign intelligence entities. You will work as part of a team that analyzes disparate data sets to discover and inform cyber operations with the goal to prevent and eradicate threats to critical U.S. systems.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor’s Degreen in computer science, information systems, network forensics or other data analysis roles.
Three plus (3+) years’ experience working in the areas of intelligence, information security, network forensics or insider threat.
Ability to understand data in various formats to extract and enrich information to enhance its value.
Ability to work with development teams and articulate requirements/enhancements to capabilities and tools.
Experience working as part of a team of cybersecurity analysts to understand cyber adversaries and mission specific Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs).
Experience working with IC mission cybersecurity tools to generate threat intelligence.
Experience creating general queries, fingerprinting, and identifying atypical events.
Experience with Elastic/Splunk/ or other Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) experience creating visualizations and dashboards.
Understanding of TCP/IP communication protocols and packet flows based on IP traffic; analysis of Packet Capture (PCAP) traffic in Wireshark
U.S. Citizenship
Active TS/SCI security clearance w/polygraph