Cybersecurity Threat Hunter II

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Job DescriptionTitle: Cybersecurity Threat Hunter IILocation: Colorado Springs, COClearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph Job Details:Independently conduct hypothesis-driven threat hunts across available enterprise telemetry to identify malicious or anomalous activity not detected by automated controlsProactively analyze security telemetry to identify indicators of compromise, anomalous behavior, and adversary activity that has not met an incident threshold or has evaded automated security controlsAssess and correlate data from multiple sources, including network, endpoint, identity, SIEM, threat intelligence, vulnerability, and other available security dataDocument hunt activity, findings, evidence, and recommended follow-on actions in authorized systems and initiate or support incident-response processes when malicious activity is identifiedProvide relevant findings and trends for SOC operational reporting, significant-activity reporting, and defensive awarenessDevelop hunt hypotheses based on threat intelligence, adversary TTPs, environmental observations, emerging threats, and known detection gapsUse MITRE ATT&CK and other threat-informed methodologies to characterize observed behavior and guide analytical pivotsIdentify patterns, relationships, and potential adversary activity across users, hosts, network segments, and time periodsRecommend new or improved detections, data collection, enrichment, and defensive controls based on hunt outcomes Requirements:Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in a technical discipline applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of may be substituted in lieu of a degree Minimum four (4) years of relevant experience in addition to education level Hands-on experience with threat hunting, security analysis, incident investigation, threat intelligence analysis, or comparable proactive cyber defense workWorking knowledge of adversary TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, network and endpoint telemetry, and analytical search techniquesExperience using SIEM, network-security monitoring, endpoint telemetry, or other large-scale security data sourcesMust possess current DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification Experience working in a DoD or IC environment Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

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