Threat Hunter / Public Trust

Peraton•Warrenton, VA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Threat Hunter to become part of Federal Strategic Cyber Mission programs. In this role, you will conduct technical analysis of network traffic to identify anomalies, which may represent potentially malicious activity, and document the analysis in prescribed formats. You will monitor and understand emerging threats, and the ability to define the technical vulnerabilities and exploits that could present a threat to government networks, and then perform analysis on the emerging capabilities/exploits, and document the analysis in prescribed formats. You will monitor IDS/IPS alerts, analyze associated network traffic, and document the analysis in prescribed formats. You will report detected incidents to agency, work toward resolution, and escalate when required according to SOP. You will be responsible for the development and testing of detection signatures to determine successful detection and level of false positives, and their deployment based on SOPs. You will conduct technical analysis of data from partners, constituents, and monitoring systems to understand the nature of attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities. You will also assist with the development of mitigation strategies and deploy to provide on-site support and assistance in the event of an exercise or cyber incident. Additionally, you will identify and document network-based tactics, techniques, and procedures used by an attacker to gain unauthorized system access, and participate in inter-agency sponsored community of interest analysis groups, and technical briefings and exchanges.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience, or 3 years of experience with a Master’s. An additional 4 years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
Demonstrated experience in threat hunting or network/cloud forensics.
Proven ability to develop and recommend corrective actions.
Expertise, knowledge, and experience integrating new architectural analysis of cyber security features.
Comfortable interfacing with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Active Public Trust security clearance required.

Nice To Haves

Experience using Databricks.
Experience using Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs).
Possess one of the following certifications: CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, or SSCP
Ability to create, troubleshoot, configure and operate complex scripting solutions with the ability to output the results in a variety of formats (e.g. HTML, XML, etc.) and to re-purpose the results for reports targeting different technical levels (e.g. other analysts, management, etc.).

Responsibilities

Conduct technical analysis of network traffic to identify anomalies, which may represent potentially malicious activity, and document the analysis in prescribed formats.
Monitor and understand emerging threats, and the ability to define the technical vulnerabilities and exploits that could present a threat to government networks, and then perform analysis on the emerging capabilities/exploits, and document the analysis in prescribed formats.
Monitor IDS/IPS alerts, analyze associated network traffic, and document the analysis in prescribed formats.
Report detected incidents to agency, work toward resolution, and escalate when required according to SOP.
Development of detection signatures based on indicators and analysis.
Testing of detection signatures to determine successful detection and level of false positives.
Deployment of detection signatures based on SOPs.
Conduct technical analysis of data from partners, constituents, and monitoring systems to understand the nature of attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities.
Assist with the development of mitigation strategies.
Deploy to provide on-site support and assistance in the event of an exercise or cyber incident.
Identify and document network-based tactics, techniques, and procedures used by an attacker to gain unauthorized system access.
Participate in inter-agency sponsored community of interest analysis groups, and technical briefings and exchanges.