Cyber Threat Hunter Lead in DC metro with Security Clearance

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Job description

Required Education/Experience
The candidate must possess an active TS/SCI Clearance. In addition to clearance requirement, all DHS personnel must obtain an EOD. BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience with a focus Primary Responsibilities
Create Threat Models to better understand the DHS IT Enterprise, identify defensive gaps, and prioritize mitigations
Author, update, and maintain SOPs, playbooks, work instructions
Utilize Threat Intelligence and Threat Models to create threat hypotheses
Plan and scope Threat Hunt Missions to verify threat hypotheses
Proactively and iteratively search through systems and networks to detect advanced threats
Analyze host, network, and application logs in addition to malware and code
Prepare and report risk analysis and threat findings to appropriate stakeholders
Create, recommend, and assist with development of new security content as the result of hunt missions to include signatures, alerts, workflows, and automation.
Coordinate with different teams to improve threat detection, response, and improve overall security posture of the Enterprise
Work with the customer to understand and obtain the scope and requirements of the requests
Provide guidance and direction to team members Required Qualifications The candidate must possess an active TS/SCI Clearance. In addition to clearance requirement, all DHS personnel must obtain an EOD.
BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience with a focus on Cyber Security or Masters with 8 years of prior relevant experience.
Should have at least 4 years of experience serving as a SOC Analyst or Incident Responder
Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated Must Have One of the Following J3 Certifications
SANS GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler)
SANS GCFA (GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst)
SANS GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrustion Analyst)
SANS GNFA (GIAC Network Forensic Analyst)
SANS GWAPT (GIAC Web Application Pentester)
SANS GPEN (GIAC Penetration Tester)
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Preferred Qualifications
Expertise in network and host based analysis and investigation
Demonstrated experience planning and executing threat hunt missions
Understanding of complex Enterprise networks to include routing, switching, firewalls, proxies, load balancers
Working knowledge of common (HTTP, DNS, SMB, etc) networking protocols
Familiar with operation of both Windows and Linux based systems
Proficient with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell
Familiarity with Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) and/or Elastic Domain Specific Language (DSL)
Demonstrated experience triaging and responding to APT activities.
Experience working with various technologies and platform such as AWS, Azure, O365, containers, etc.
Understanding of current cyber threat landscape, the different tactics commonly used by adversaries and how you would investigate, contain and recover against their attacks.

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