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Gray Tier Technologies

Threat Hunt Analyst

Gray Tier Technologies, Little Ferry, New Jersey, us, 07643


PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

The ideal Cyber Threat Hunter is someone who 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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

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 4 years of experience serving as a SOC Analyst or Incident Responder

Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated

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