Cyber Threat Hunter with Security Clearance

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Job description

About the Company - cFocus Software seeks a Cyber Threat Hunter (Senior) to join our program supporting United States Courts, Information Technology Security Office in Washington, DC. This position requires US Citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. Thurgood Marshall Building Monday-Thursday onsite onsite with Friday remote 8:30am -4:30pm. About the Role - Lead Threat Hunt team provides oversight and be responsible for event investigation and tracking activities. Identifies, deters, monitors, and investigates computer and network intrusions. Provide computer forensic support to high technology investigations in the form of evidence seizure, computer forensic analysis, and data recovery. Monitor and assess complex security devices for patterns and anomalies from raw events (DNS, DHCP, AD, SE Logs), tag events for Tier 1 & 2 monitoring. Conduct Malware analysis in out-of-band environment (static and dynamic), including complex malware. Accept and respond to government technical requests through the AOUSC ITSM ticket (e.g., HEAT or Service Now), for threat hunt support. Threat hunt targets include cloud-based and non-cloud-based applications such as: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft O365, Microsoft Active Directory, and Cloud Access Security Brokers (i.e., Zscaler). Review and analyze risk-based Security information and event management (SIEM) alerts when developing hunt hypotheses. Review open-source intelligence about threat actors when developing hunt hypotheses. Plan, conduct, and document iterative, hypothesis based, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) hunts utilizing the agile scrum project management methodology. At the conclusion of each hunt, propose, discuss, and document custom searches for automated detection of threat actor activity based on the hunt hypothesis. Configure, deploy, and troubleshoot Endpoint Detection and Response agents (e.g., Crowdstrike and Sysmon). Collect and analyze data from compromised systems using EDR agents and custom scripts provided by the AOUSC. Track and document cyber defense incidents from initial detection through final resolution. Interface with IT contacts at court or vendor to install or diagnose problems with EDR agents. Participate in government led after action reviews of incidents. Triage malware events to identify the root cause of specific activity. Attend daily Agile Scrum standups and report progress on assigned Jira stories. Responsibilities Lead Threat Hunt team provides oversight and be responsible for event investigation and tracking activities.
Identifies, deters, monitors, and investigates computer and network intrusions.
Provide computer forensic support to high technology investigations in the form of evidence seizure, computer forensic analysis, and data recovery.
Monitor and assess complex security devices for patterns and anomalies from raw events (DNS, DHCP, AD, SE Logs), tag events for Tier 1 & 2 monitoring.
Conduct Malware analysis in out-of-band environment (static and dynamic), including complex malware.
Accept and respond to government technical requests through the AOUSC ITSM ticket (e.g., HEAT or Service Now), for threat hunt support.
Threat hunt targets include cloud-based and non-cloud-based applications such as: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft O365, Microsoft Active Directory, and Cloud Access Security Brokers (i.e., Zscaler).
Review and analyze risk-based Security information and event management (SIEM) alerts when developing hunt hypotheses.
Review open-source intelligence about threat actors when developing hunt hypotheses.
Plan, conduct, and document iterative, hypothesis based, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) hunts utilizing the agile scrum project management methodology.
At the conclusion of each hunt, propose, discuss, and document custom searches for automated detection of threat actor activity based on the hunt hypothesis.
Configure, deploy, and troubleshoot Endpoint Detection and Response agents (e.g., Crowdstrike and Sysmon).
Collect and analyze data from compromised systems using EDR agents and custom scripts provided by the AOUSC.
Track and document cyber defense incidents from initial detection through final resolution.
Interface with IT contacts at court or vendor to install or diagnose problems with EDR agents.
Participate in government led after action reviews of incidents.
Triage malware events to identify the root cause of specific activity.
Attend daily Agile Scrum standups and report progress on assigned Jira stories. Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in a computer, engineering, or science field. Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. US Citizenship. Certifications: GCIA or GCIH or GSEC or GMON, or Splunk Core Power User. 7+ years of relevant experience.

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