Job Location: Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Summary:
Allyon, Inc. is an established IT and Healthcare Services firm and we love what we do! It makes our day when we are able to help talented individuals achieve their career goals while at the same time helping our clients build quality teams. If you are interested in joining the Allyon Team, please apply or submit your resume for review today!
Job Title:
Threat Hunt Analyst Jr.
Duties & Responsibilities:
The ideal Cyber Threat Hunter 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 CBP 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
Minimum Requirements:
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
- BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 3 years of prior relevant experience with a focus on Cybersecurity or Master’s with 1 years of prior relevant experience
Other:
- Certifications: CCFP, CCNA, CCNP, CEH, CHFI, CISSP, ECES, ECIH, ECSA, ECSS, EnCE, ENSA, GCFA, GCFE, GCIH, GISF, GNFA, GREM, GWEB, GXPN, LPT, OSCE, OSCP, OSEE, OSWP, CIRC, FIWE, WFE-E-CI, FTK-WFE-FTK
- Preferred Certifications: SANS GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler), SANS GCFA (GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst), SANS GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst), SANS GNFA (GIAC Network Forensic Analyst), SANS GWAPT (GIAC Web Application Pentester), SANS GPEN (GIAC Penetration Tester), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
What we Offer:
- Competitive pay and benefits
- 401k eligibility after 6 months, including company match
How to Apply:
Please submit your resume below for this opportunity and to view other positions available, visit our careers page at https://jobs.crelate.com/portal/allyon/
Allyon, Inc. is an equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer and terms of employment are without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Allyon, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.
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