Threat Intelligence Analyst - Strategic Staffing Solutions : Job Details

STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!

Title: Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Location: Houston, TX, or Washington, DC

Schedule: Hybrid

Duration: 24 months

Type: W-2 Contract

Key Skills: Preferred: Federal/US government agency law enforcement or intelligence background.

Job Duties:

• Assist with planning, implementing, and upgrading cybersecurity controls/countermeasures.
• Protect and monitor access to sensitive files and information systems against unauthorized access, modification, or destruction.
• Monitor network intrusion detection and prevention systems.
• Assist with investigating security incidents and data breaches.
• Respond to security breaches and conduct root-cause analysis.
• Provide system administration and usage of all cybersecurity controls.
• Provide status reporting and presentation to senior-level personnel.
• Consider business needs against security concerns and articulate issues and options.
• Conduct vulnerability scans, perform threat analysis, and perform assessments for effective risk mitigation and minimization of residual risk to the organization.
• Assist with security audits
• Help maintain appropriate security documentation for applications and systems.
• Ensure that the user community understands and adheres to necessary procedures to maintain security and establish basic user training.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of cyber threat intelligence work or equivalent
• Ability to develop briefings and written intelligence products for strategic and tactical customers
• Knowledge of the intelligence lifecycle

Desired Experience

• Knowledge of Splunk
• Threat hunting