Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) SME (Team Lead)

ECS Tech Inc•Arlington, VA

7h•$165,000 - $185,000•Hybrid

About The Position

ECS is seeking a CTI SME (Team Lead) to lead a specialized cyber threat collection and analytics capability within Threat Branch in support of our National Security client. The scope of the program includes designing, implementing, and operating a tailored collection and analytics framework to convert diverse external datasets into precise, actionable leads for Proactive Threat Hunting (PHB) and Incident Response (IRB) teams. This position is located in Ballston, VA (Arlington) with the option for routine remote work. In this role, you will lead a highly technical team of threat analysts and engineers delivering advanced threat intelligence, tracking priority PRC adversaries, and deploying automation-first analytics pipelines. We are seeking an accomplished, dynamic, and hands-on CTI leader with experience managing technical threat intelligence capabilities in a fast-paced environment. The role requires strong technical authority and leadership to establish a unified intake-to-execution workflow that gives stakeholders visibility into intelligence requests, analytics outputs, and service delivery validated against operational needs. Your ability to build high-confidence behavioral fingerprints, map procedure-level actor behaviors to MITRE ATT&CK, and correlate disparate telemetry datasets will be critical to your success.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), threat hunting, or threat analysis roles, including experience leading technical teams.
Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility.
Demonstrated expertise tracking priority threat actors (including PRC state-sponsored adversaries), victim-facing infrastructure, relay/proxy networks, and obfuscation setups.
Deep hands-on experience developing high-confidence signatures, fingerprints, and heuristics (e.g., TLS/HTTP behavioral fingerprints, domain/IP clustering).
Technical proficiency mapping adversary behaviors at the procedure level to the MITRE ATT&CK framework and producing clear hunt/detection guidance.
Proven capability correlating diverse external datasets (e.g., internet-wide scans, commercial decoy feeds) with internal telemetry and sensor data to drive high-value hunt leads.
Experience designing and implementing automation-first analytics pipelines, including integrating AI/ML models (e.g., clustering, anomaly detection) with human-in-the-loop validation workflows.
Experience establishing intake-to-execution workflows to align service models, budgets, and request tracking directly with user operational needs.

Responsibilities

Lead a specialized cyber threat collection and analytics capability within Threat Branch.
Design, implement, and operate a tailored collection and analytics framework.
Convert diverse external datasets into precise, actionable leads for Proactive Threat Hunting (PHB) and Incident Response (IRB) teams.
Lead a highly technical team of threat analysts and engineers.
Deliver advanced threat intelligence.
Track priority PRC adversaries.
Deploy automation-first analytics pipelines.
Establish a unified intake-to-execution workflow.
Build high-confidence behavioral fingerprints.
Map procedure-level actor behaviors to MITRE ATT&CK.
Correlate disparate telemetry datasets.