Cyber Hunt Senior Analyst (R-00255)

Job Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Threat Hunting & Technical Leadership: Provide strategic direction and advanced technical oversight for threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence (CTI), and Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts, leading proactive efforts to identify sophisticated threats, uncover malicious activity, and strengthen enterprise detection capabilities.

Advanced Threat Intelligence & Adversary Analysis: Analyze emerging cyber threats, adversary behaviors, attack patterns, and threat actor TTPs to develop actionable intelligence, identify potential compromises, and guide enterprise security monitoring and defensive strategies.

Threat Modeling & Adversary Emulation: Lead and advise on threat modeling, adversary emulation, and Purple Team exercises to evaluate defensive capabilities, simulate realistic attack scenarios, identify detection gaps, and recommend improvements to enterprise security controls.

Threat Detection Engineering & Analytics: Direct the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of threat detection frameworks, behavioral analytics, hunting methodologies, and detection rules to identify advanced threats across network, endpoint, cloud, and application environments.

Federal Threat Intelligence Collaboration: Support inter-agency cybersecurity coordination, intelligence sharing, and collaborative threat analysis initiatives with federal partners and cybersecurity stakeholders to improve situational awareness and strengthen collective defenses against national-level cyber threats.

Security Framework Alignment & Threat Hunting Methodologies: Apply MITRE ATT&CK, CISA threat hunting guidance, and other recognized cybersecurity frameworks to develop structured hunting methodologies, map adversary behaviors, evaluate detection coverage, and support intelligence-driven security operations.

Executive Reporting & Knowledge Sharing: Develop detailed threat intelligence assessments, technical reports, executive briefings, and actionable security recommendations while providing mentorship and technical guidance to threat hunters, CTI specialists, and SOC personnel.

Job Requirements

Job Requirements

Cybersecurity & Threat Intelligence Experience: Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, cyber threat intelligence, advanced threat hunting, incident investigation, or related security disciplines, including demonstrated experience addressing sophisticated threats within complex enterprise environments.

Advanced Threat Hunting & Behavioral Analysis: Deep technical expertise in proactive threat hunting, behavioral analytics, adversary TTPs, threat actor profiling, threat modeling, and advanced attack methodologies, with the ability to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) and indicators of attack (IOAs) across enterprise systems.

Threat Detection Engineering & Security Frameworks: Demonstrated experience developing advanced threat detection strategies, analytical methodologies, and detection engineering capabilities, including practical application of MITRE ATT&CK, CISA threat hunting guidance, and other relevant threat intelligence and cybersecurity frameworks.

Threat Intelligence Collaboration & Technical Leadership: Proven ability to provide technical direction to threat hunting, CTI, and SOC teams, coordinate intelligence-driven security initiatives, and collaborate with federal agencies, security partners, and enterprise stakeholders to support threat identification, analysis, and information sharing.

Technical Communication, Reporting & Analytical Skills: Exceptional analytical, written communication, and presentation skills, including experience producing detailed threat intelligence reports, executive-level assessments, threat hunting findings, and actionable recommendations for both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.