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Whateverittakescom

Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist

Whateverittakescom, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022


WITCOM has an immediate, funded opportunity for a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist to join our mission critical customer in Washington, DC. Qualified candidates must possess a minimum Top Secret clearance or be able to obtain a Public Trust Level 6c.The overall objective of this position is to provide analytic support in the areas of dependency and interdependency analysis, analysis of cascading impacts, and cyber/physical risks to critical infrastructure. The Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist will provide proactive and reactive end-to-end threat intelligence services to help protect external facing and internal based computing assets, data, and Government clients. The position will also help support key, high profile cyber security related activities and projects, including support to the Government agencies incident management program.Research, analyze, interpret, evaluate and integrate complex data from multiple intelligence sourcesPossess a strong understanding of intrustion setsPerform Cyber Threat Analysis; must be able to identify threats and develop threat vulnerability assessmentsProvide actionable intelligence for enterprise risk reduction and remediation by partnering with key groups in identifying and driving risk remediation approaches to current and emerging threatsExhibit a strong critical thinking and writing skill ability; prepare extensive assessments, documents, and disseminates information through reports and briefs to technical and non-technical audiencesDevelops complex analytical approaches to problems and situations for which data is incomplete, controversial, or no precedent existsDevelop and lead briefs to senior leadership regarding critical best practices/capabilities pertaining to cyber issuesDevelop innovative approaches to analyze and validate analytical conclusionsMaintain and update databases, systems, and other mechanisms for sharing relevant intelligence information to support ongoing and projected projectsDesired SkillsPrevious experience with threat intelligence tools and platformsPrevious experience in cyber intelligence or related disciplinesExperience using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tolls such as Splunk, ArcSight, etc.Industry certification such as Network +, Security +, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or other related coursesRequired ExperienceBachelor’s Degree, or Masters Degree, equivalent experience within related field, 8+ years of cyber threat intelligence experience performing threat monitoring and assessment,Knowledge of network and server based attacks and mitigation methodsExperience summarizing complex information security concepts and ogoing threat events for management consumptionAn understanding of commonly used targeted attack techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs)Excellent verbal and written communications skills including forensics reporting and investigation summariesCOPYRIGHT WITCOM 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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