Threat Hunter - Senior Information Security SME
Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Threat Hunter to support our team in Denver, CO or Washington D. C.
Responsibilities
- Find attackers before they find you – detect advanced cyber threats that impact critical infrastructure.
- Support the IC, national level system security initiatives, Local Area Network (LAN), and Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies.
- Use your network defense experience and analytical skills to rapidly prototype and build scripts to create haystacks and sift through the false positives to find patterns and indicators.
- Think differently about cyber defense, use completely new tools and approaches, and develop the next generation of security analytics.
Qualifications
- BS/BA in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or Technology and 1 year of experience in an Operational Technology OR BS/BA in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or Technology and ~4 years' experience in an IT context.
- In lieu of a degree, additional relevant experience may be applicable.
- U. S. Citizenship is required per contract. Candidate must possess an Active Q or Top Secret clearance.
- 15+ years overall information assurance experience and/or cyber security experience.
- Minimum of five (5) years technical experience effectively providing network and/or system administration, information assurance security, testing, and evaluation.
- Familiarity with the US Intelligence Community and using intelligence to support cyber defense/mitigation work.
- Familiarity with cyber hunt methodologies.
- Experience working cyber issues to include offensive or defensive TTPs.
- Understanding of foreign capabilities in IT or OT environments.
- Experience in Threat Hunting, Blue Team, ICS, SCADA.
- Experience providing forensic and data analysis support to cyber issues.
- Experience with logging platforms such as Kibana or Splunk.
- Experience with data forensic tools, including Wireshark, Kali Linux, etc.
- Experience working with Linux.
- Knowledge of common malware functionality and operations.
- Experience writing technical reports and briefing leadership.
- Ability to provide on-site, full-time support in a client environment.
- Minimum IAM or IAT Level III.