Principal Cyber Intelligence Analyst

Northrop Grumman•Jessup, MD

2d•$103,600 - $155,400•Hybrid

About The Position

Northrop Grumman's Corporate Sector's Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO) is seeking a Principal Cyber Intelligence Analyst to support its CISO & Global Cybersecurity organization’s Cybersecurity Operations Center. The team is looking to add a versatile, experienced, highly motivated analyst and tool builder to our world-class team of cyber defensive operators. Adaptability, creativity, commitment to mission, self-direction, and strong written/verbal communications skills are essential. The desired candidate should be a high-performing SOC analyst wishing for greater influence in automating away alert fatigue and/or a cyber systems engineer with intense curiosity about the front-line of cyber defense and incident response.

Requirements

8 years of relevant experience with an Associates in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Computer Network Defense, Information Systems, Digital Forensics, or related field; 5 Years with Bachelors; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD.
Candidates must have a current U.S. Government Top Secret level security clearance, to include SCI access and a recent Polygraph [adjudicated within the last 5 years], in order to be considered.
Fluency in offensive cyber Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures (TTPs).
A strong foundation in defensive cyber operations in a team atmosphere.
Blue Team analytic mindset and experience: incident triage, threat hunting, alert handling.
Proven Dev/Sec/Ops competency – able to write code, optimize SIEM queries, engineer integrations, and upskill in new technologies as needed.
Creative problem-solving experience using a wide variety of cyber and IT systems including Windows, Linux, Networking, AWS, Azure.
Ability to work in flexible environments: working at an office, a SCIF as required and home when necessary.
One or more active DOD 8570 IAT Level 2 certification (Sec+, CySA+, GSEC, SSCP, CCNA Security, GICSP, CND).

Nice To Haves

Experience with classified operations and cross‑domain solutions.
Security Orchestration Automation & Response (SOAR) systems engineering and playbook development.
Threat Detection Engineering experience, such as: SIEM queries, EDR detections, network IDS/IPS rules, Yara rules.
One or more active DOD 8570 IAT Level 3 certification (CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, CCSP, GCED, GCIH).
High-level industry and vendor certs, academic or passion projects, broader cyber community engagements.

Responsibilities

Monitor, investigate, and respond to cyber threat alerts on unclassified and classified networks.
Create and tune cyber threat detection rules in a variety of platforms.
Conceptualize, build and integrate tools that improve efficacy of defensive cyber operations.
Collaborate with cyber, technical, and non-technical teams to navigate the complexities of incident response and DevSecOps in organic networks, restricted environments, and an evolving mission landscape.