Industrial Control System Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Responsibilities

Peraton is currently hiring an Industrial Control System Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst for its Federal Strategic Cyber program in Arlington, VA. 

 

Location: On site, Arlington, VA 

 

In this role, you will:

• Integrate multiple intelligence sources to develop products, recommendations, and inform priorities for the organization. 
• Perform research and investigates current threats in operational technology, specific critical infrastructure sectors, and mission areas to inform senior leaders and drive priorities for operational teams, including the forward deployed incident response and threat hunting functions.
• Analyze collected data to derive facts and projections concerning capabilities, intentions, attack approaches—research resource allocations, motivations, tendencies, personalities; and contribute to profiling adversarial behavior with respect to identified system attacks in the context of the critical infrastructure mission.
• Research and review cyber warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures focused on the threat to information networks.
• Prepare assessments and cyber threat profiles of current and planned products based on recent and current trends within ICS/SCADA.
• Escalate new or high threats to the ICS Incident Response Teams as required.
• Research OT defensive tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for detecting and responding to cyber threats.
• Map ICS activity and threats using MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Seamlessly work alongside a team of host, network, and cloud forensic to meet the mission requirements for both incident response and threat hunting engagements.
• Serve as subject matter expert (SME) for ICS Security activities.
• Identify potential open-source vulnerabilities existing within ICS/SCADA.
• Identify and assess current and emerging threats and vulnerabilities as they relate to homeland security.
• Identify classified threat intelligence reporting related to ICS/SCADA and analyze for adversary intent and capability.

Qualifications

Required: 

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience performing and processing triage, threat analysis, and response to cyber incident reports.
• Critical infrastructure sector threat analysis experience. 
• Experience in Intelligence Analysis, including All Source as it relates to Cyber actors.
• Knowledge of advanced threat analysis technology in telecommunications, computer science, or electronic warfare.
• Experience producing and completing all-source (unclassified and classified) finished intelligence assessments that adhere to the ICD203 analytic tradecraft standards.
• U.S. citizenship
• An Active Top Secret Security Clearance.

 

 

Preferred: 

Certifications:

• IAT Level II Certification
• SANS Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP)
• SANS GIAC Response and Industrial Defense (GRID)
• SANS GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI)

Peraton Overview

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.