Threat Hunt Analyst

Primary Responsibilities

• 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

Basic 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 4 years of experience serving as a SOC Analyst or Incident Responder
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated