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WarCollar Industries, LLC · 1 day ago

Cyber Threat Hunt SME

Herndon, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

WarCollar Industries, LLC is a veteran-owned small business committed to protecting complicated data and distribution systems. They are seeking a Cyber Threat Hunt Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide strategic direction to cyber hunters, coordinate hunt activities, and conduct advanced threat hunt operations to detect adversaries with persistent access to the enterprise.

ComputerCyber SecurityGovernmentInternetNetwork Security

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and tactical direction to cyber hunters and leadership based on trends and actionable intelligence related to threat capabilities

Coordinate hunt activities between various internal and external hunt groups

Construct and exploit threat intelligence to detect, respond, and defeat advanced persistent threats (APTs)

Fully analyze network and host activity in successful and unsuccessful intrusions by advanced attackers

Build fly-away kits utilizing an agile approach to identify the appropriate tools and technologies necessary to conduct hunt missions

Conduct advanced threat hunt operations using known adversary tactics, techniques and procedures as well as indicators of attack in order to detect adversaries with persistent access to the enterprise

Create and add custom signatures, to mitigate highly dynamic threats to the enterprise using the latest threat information obtained from multiple sources

Perform malware analysis on samples obtained during the course of an investigation or hunt operation in order to create custom signatures

Develop and produce reports on all activities and incidents to help maintain day to day status, develop and report on trends, and provide focus and situational awareness on all issues

Piece together intrusion campaigns, threat actors, and nation-state organizations

Manage, share, and receive intelligence on APT adversary groups

Generate intelligence from their own data sources and share it accordingly

Identify, extract, and leverage intelligence from APT intrusions

Expand upon existing intelligence to build profiles of adversary groups Leverage intelligence to better defend against and respond to future intrusions

Correlate data from intrusion detection and prevention systems with data from other sources such as firewall, web server, and DNS logs

Notify the management team of significant changes in the security threat against the government networks in a timely manner and in writing via established reporting methods

Coordinate with appropriate organizations within the intelligence community regarding possible security incidents. Conduct intra-office research to evaluate events as necessary, maintain the current list of coordination points of contact

Review assembled data with firewall administrators, engineering, system administrators and other appropriate groups to determine the risk of a given event

Maintain knowledge of the current security threat level by monitoring related Internet postings, Intelligence reports, and other related documents as necessary

Qualification

Cyber SecurityMalware AnalysisNetwork ForensicsWindows/Linux OSSIEM SystemsEDR SolutionsExploit DevelopmentCISSPCEHAnalytical SkillsProblem Solving

Required

Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Security Engineering, Network Engineering with emphasis in cyber security issues and operations, computer incident response, systems architecture, data management Or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree

Expert analytical and problem solving skills and demonstrated experience working nation state intrusion sets

The ideal candidate will have expert level experience in one or more of the following disciplines: Windows and/or Linux operating systems, Network forensics, Demonstrated ability using at enterprise scale: SysMon or EDR solutions for host-based Cyber Threat Hunting, or Netflow/pcap or NDR solutions for network-oriented Cyber Threat Hunting, Malware analysis/reverse engineering, Exploit development, On-net pursuit/response

Familiarity with the following classes of enterprise cyber defense technologies: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, Network Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Host Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Network and Host malware detection and prevention (NDR/EDR), Network and Host forensic applications, Web/Email gateway security technologies, Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)

CISSP or CEH

DoD 8570 IAT Level III or CSSP-SPM

BS (bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or other closely related IT discipline)