Cybersecurity Threat Hunter

Titan Technologies Career • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

Zen Strategics, a Titan Technologies company, is seeking a Cybersecurity Threat Hunter to support the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The program provides specialized cyber defense analysis, cybersecurity content development, vulnerability management, and operational technology cybersecurity support. The Threat Hunter proactively investigates unusual behavior on the assumption that a threat actor may already be present in the network. The role also develops strategies, tools, and automation to improve threat-hunting capabilities and performs incident response for critical security incidents.

Requirements

• Possess a current DOD Top Secret Clearance and be eligible for an IT-I Critical Sensitive security clearance or Tier 5 (T5) at the time of proposal submission.
• Five years of technical experience in at least one of the following areas: Threat Intelligence, Cybersecurity Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Reverse Engineering, or Digital Forensics.
• Three years of experience analyzing attacker techniques at all levels of attack.
• Knowledge of security challenges in multiple operating systems.
• Ability to work with large data sets.
• Experience using tools and scripting languages such as Splunk, Python, and PowerShell.
• Ability to turn threat intelligence into actionable information.
• Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Ability to use data to build a narrative supporting documentation of hunting operations.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Responsibilities

• Initiate investigations into unusual behavior that may indicate malicious activity, assuming a threat actor may already reside within the network.
• Analyze raw log and network data and work with Threat Detection and Incident Response analysts to generate hunting leads.
• Compare trends and activity in the enterprise environment with current external threat intelligence.
• Identify mitigations for key vulnerabilities found during threat hunting.
• Lead analysis when an advanced persistent threat (APT) or other compromise is identified during hunting.
• Develop threat-hunting strategies to improve the ability to find new threats.
• Build hunting tools and automation to identify sophisticated adversaries.
• Perform incident response for critical security incidents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level