Cyber Threat Intelligence Engineer

Altus Consulting Corp • Herndon, VA

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About The Position

Altus Consulting is seeking a Cyber Threat Intelligence Engineer to support the development, operation, and integration of enterprise Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) capabilities. The role works across cyber defense teams to turn threat intelligence into actionable detection, threat hunting, prevention, and incident response capabilities. It includes maintaining CTI platforms and data pipelines, integrating CTI with security technologies and data platforms, and helping establish consistent CTI practices through technical integration, procedures, documentation, and training. The engineer also supports the effective use of AI/SI capabilities in day-to-day SOC workflows and collaborates with technical teams, stakeholders, and leadership.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in data engineering, DevSecOps, SOC operations, or a similar technical role.
• Demonstrated experience building, operating, or maintaining threat intelligence data repositories or platforms.
• Demonstrated experience developing automated ETL/data pipelines for streaming CTI data and scheduled ingestion.
• Proficiency with Bash and/or PowerShell automation in Linux and Windows environments.
• Strong experience with data platforms such as Splunk or Elastic, including developing or modifying queries, dashboards, and CTI integrations.
• Experience onboarding and integrating data using platform add-ons and lookup tables.
• Ability to build CTI dashboards and configure correlation searches for threat hunting.
• Strong communication skills, including cross-team collaboration and leadership briefings.
• Strong technical documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish, operate, and maintain a Cyber Threat Intelligence platform.
• Establish and document a catalog of classified and commercial CTI data feeds for investigations, detections, prevention, and other cyber defense functions.
• Build, operate, and maintain automated ETL and data pipelines for streaming CTI data and scheduled ingestion.
• Develop and document processes for reliable CTI feed maintenance and rapid onboarding of new data sources.
• Develop access control policies so CTI data is available only to authorized users with an appropriate need to know.
• Integrate CTI data with enterprise security technologies, including SIEM, SOAR, IDS/IPS, EDR, and NDR capabilities.
• Develop and maintain CTI dashboards, queries, lookup tables, and correlation searches supporting threat hunting and cyber defense operations.
• Use Bash and/or PowerShell to automate processes across Linux and Windows environments.
• Support CTI integration with data platforms such as Splunk or Elastic.
• Update cyber defense playbooks and standard operating procedures to incorporate CTI data and security automation.
• Help establish consistent CTI practices across cyber defense teams through technical integration, procedures, documentation, and training.
• Support effective application of AI/SI capabilities within day-to-day SOC workflows.
• Collaborate across technical teams and communicate with stakeholders and leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed