CYBERSECURITY THREAT HUNTER

Horizon Industries • Columbus, OH

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Horizon Industries Limited (Horizon) is a dynamic IT and Management Consulting firm based in the Washington, DC area. Founded in 1996, Horizon Industries Limited (Horizon) has evolved into a company of highly qualified professionals that provides full-cycle IT Consultant and Management support in both the private and public sectors. Horizon’s culture is based on our core values, and we PRIDE ourselves on a diverse, employee, and family-centric approach.

Requirements

• Five (5) years of technical experience in one of the following areas: Threat Intelligence, Cybersecurity Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Reverse Engineering, Digital Forensics
• Three (3) years of experience analyzing attacker techniques at all levels of attack.
• Knowledge of security challenges in multiple Operating Systems (OS)
• Ability to work with large data sets.
• Experience using tools and scripting languages such as Splunk, Python & PowerShell.
• Ability to turn Threat Intelligence into actionable information.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Capable of using data to build a narrative to support documentation of hunting operations.

Responsibilities

• Proactively searches for cyber threats that exist undetected within the network.
• Initiates investigations to identify unusual behavior indicative of malicious activity with the assumption that a threat actor already resides within the network.
• Analyzes raw log and network data as well as working with Threat Detection and Incident Response analysts to generate hunting leads.
• Cross-reference trends and activity within the enterprise environment with current threat intelligence regarding external trends.
• Identifies mitigations for key vulnerabilities identified during threat as well as taking the lead on analysis if an APT or other compromise is identified while performing hunting.
• Develops threat hunting strategies to increase capabilities for finding new threats.
• Builds hunting tools and automation capabilities to identify sophisticated adversaries.
• Performs incident response for critical security incidents.

Benefits

• healthcare (medical, dental, vision and disability)
• a 401k program where you are 100% vested from day one with an employer match after 90 days.
• an Educational Assistance program.
• a Student Loan Repayment Program
• Gym Reimbursement Program.
• Paid Time off

What This Job Offers

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