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Cyber Threat Hunter at Base One Technology
Ashburn, VA 20146
About the Job
Primary Responsibilities
The ideal Cyber Threat Hunter is someone who is process driven, curious, and enjoys identifying patterns and anomalies in data that are not immediately obvious. The Cyber Threat Hunter will:
- Create Threat Models to better understand the agency 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
Required Education/Experience
BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 3 years of prior relevant experience with a focus on CyberSecurity or Masters with 1 years of prior relevant experience.
Basic Qualifications
NEW REQUIREMENT as of 6/27/2022: In addition to uploading the resume, please email us a copy of the candidate’s current certifications (actual certificate) as a way to validate that certs are current and active.
The ideal candidate will have the following 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)
- The candidate must currently possess a Top Secret Clearance. In addition to clearance requirement, all CBP personnel must have a current or be able to favorably pass a 5 year background investigation (BI).
- Should have 2 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 certifications:
CCFP – Certified Cyber Forensics Professional
CCNA Security
CCNP Security
CEH – Certified Ethical Hacker
CHFI – Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security
CIRC
ECES – EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist
ECIH – EC-Council Certified Incident Handler
ECSA – EC-Council Certified Security Analyst
ECSS – EC-Council Certified Security Specialist
EnCE
ENSA – EC-Council Network Security Administrator
FIWE
GCFA – Forensic Analyst
GCFE – Forensic Examiner
GCIH – Incident Handler
GISF – Security Fundamentals
GNFA – Network Forensic Analyst
GREM – Reverse Engineering Malware
GWEB – Web Application Defender
GXPN – Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester
LPT – Licensed Penetration Tester
OSCE (Certified Expert)
OSCP (Certified Professional)
OSEE (Exploitation Expert)
OSWP (Wireless Professional)
WFE-E-CI
FTK-WFE-FTK
CompTIA Cyber Security Analyst (CySA+)
CompTIA Linux Network Professional (CLNP)
CompTIA PenTest+
GCTI – Cyber Threat Intelligence
GOSI – Open Source Intelligence
CTIA – Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst
Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User
Splunk Core Certified Consultant
Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer
IACRB Certified Security Awareness Practitioner (CSAP)