Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead

TekSynap-posted 4 days ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Onsite • Ashburn, VA
1,001-5,000 employees
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We are seeking an experienced Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead in support of a government customer to join our team to provide Security Operations Support (SOC) Services to a government agency whose mission is to protect our Nation’s borders from terrorist attacks, to provide law enforcement for over forty (40) Federal agencies, and to protect the revenue of the United States while facilitating trade. The SOC is a single point of management and reporting for information security incidents. The SOC exists to prevent, identify, contain, and eradicate cyber threats to networks through monitoring, intrusion detection, and protective security services to information systems, including local area networks / wide area networks (LAN / WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile / cellular, cloud, security devices, servers, and workstations. The SOC is responsible for the overall security of Enterprise-wide information systems and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers. We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays. Visit us at www.TekSynap.com . Apply now to explore jobs with us! By applying to a role at TekSynap you are providing consent to receive text messages regarding your interview and employment status. If at any time you would like to opt out of text messaging, respond "STOP". "As part of the application process, you agree that TekSynap Corporation may retain and use your name, e-mail, and contact information for purposes related to employment consideration" .

  • Support includes monitoring activities, developing cyber threat analysis, identifying mitigation and / or remediation courses of action, sharing actionable cyber threat intelligence used in organizational IT asset protection, trending strategic cyber threats, and situational awareness.
  • Assist with identifying valid Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and implementing appropriate monitoring, alerting, or blocking.
  • Compile cyber threat data gathered including, but not limited to present and emerging adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures through independent research and analysis of identified activity combined with current SOC operations.
  • Analyze unclassified and classified sources of information and cyber threat intelligence on foreign and / or domestic cyber threats, including recommended mitigation and / or remediation actions.
  • Assist with conducting link analysis of technical data using software tools to identify trends in attacks, targeting, and timing of suspicious / malicious activity.
  • Tracking and reporting current trends on cybersecurity events and incidents, including (but not limited to) phishing, malware, and scanning / probing activity.
  • Prioritizing cyber threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), based on recent and relevant threat intelligence reporting.
  • Proactively utilize cybersecurity capabilities to search through information systems to detect and work with the SOC to isolate advanced threats that may evade existing security solutions.
  • Providing threat intelligence, research, and artifacts on IOCs, personas, and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attribution.
  • Perform cyber and technical threat analyses of hostile nation state actors, cybercriminals, terrorist organizations, and other malicious actors that could harm information systems and / or networks and report on any suspected or verified findings.
  • Producing situational, incident-related reports on cyber threats
  • Assist with advanced intrusion detection capability by providing the adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures along with IOCs and recommended detection rules.
  • Recommend countermeasures to malware and other malicious activity that could exploit information systems and / or networks.
  • Develop of cybersecurity content, such as rules, signatures, and other methods to detect cyber threat activity.
  • Conduct research and provide threat analysis assessments on third-party partners, vendors, and products.
  • Possess a strong cyber security background with experience in host-based and network based forensics related to the identification of advanced cyber threat activities, intrusion detection, incident response, malware analysis, and security content development (e.g., signatures, rules, etc.); and cyber threat intelligence.
  • Experience in developing scripts to support cyber threat detection that outputs results in a variety of formats, such as VB scripts, Python, C++, and HTML, XML or other type most appropriate for the task.
  • Experience in conducting cyber threat analysis, identifying mitigation and / or remediation courses of action; developing actionable intelligence used to protect organizational IT assets; and trending cyber threat metrics for leadership situational awareness.
  • Experience in maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the cyber threat landscape, including identifying and analyzing cyber threats actors and / or activities to enhance cybersecurity posture of the organization’s IT operating environment.
  • Experience with cloud- based security technologies, architecture, and computing and searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data is preferred.
  • Clearance requirement: Top Secret (SCI eligible)
  • Experience: Minimum of seven (7) years of experience as a Tier III senior cyber security analyst performing intelligence analysis, collection management, and technical analysis.
  • Education: Bachelor’s of Science in computer engineering, computer science, IT or cyber security preferred (or 5 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree)
  • Certifications: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) preferred
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  • dental
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  • 401K
  • life insurance
  • short-term and long-term disability plans
  • vacation time
  • holidays
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