Cyber Threat Hunt Analyst

Job Description: 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a U.S. Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers and workstations.  The CBP SOC is responsible for the overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations. 

Leidos is seeking an experienced Cyber Threat Hunt Analyst to join our team. As a member of this highly technical Cyber Threat Hunt team supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), you will be responsible for  

in-depth technical analysis of network and endpoint logs & activity, executing various types of cyber threat hunts on various agency assets, escalating findings as deemed appropriate, and authoring technical reports summarizing operations and findings in support of the protection of the customers’ systems, networks, and assets.    

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Will conduct cyber threat analysis, identifying mitigation and/or remediation courses of action; developing actionable intelligence used to protect organizational IT assets; and trending cyber threat metrics for leadership situational awareness.   

• Utilize Threat Intelligence and Threat Models to create threat hypotheses for threat hunts. 

• Identify, track, and investigate high priority threat campaigns, malicious actors with the interest, capability and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). 

• Utilize Cyber Threat Intelligence to execute ad hoc threat hunts on agency assets, networks, and systems to identify threat activity that may evade endpoint detection tools.  

• Utilize the MITRE ATT&CK framework to understand TTPs of adversaries, threat actors, APTs, and threats targeting the customer agency and organize threat hunts around ATT&CK techniques and sub-techniques.  

• Responsible for maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the cyber threat landscape, including identifying and analyzing cyber threats actors and/or activities to enhance cybersecurity posture of the organization’s IT operating environment. 

• 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.  

• Plan, scope, and execute