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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in incident response, threat hunting, and security analysis, with a strong foundation in cybersecurity methodologies and tools. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor analysts, and communicate effectively with clients to enhance security postures.
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Incident ResponseThreat HuntingCybersecurity MethodologiesSecurity Tools ExpertiseLeadership Experience
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Hard Skills
Incident Response ProcessesMalware AnalysisDetection EngineeringDigital ForensicsScripting with PythonScripting with PowerShellScripting with BashThreat Intelligence ReportingCyber Threat EmulationNetwork Analysis
Soft Skills
Excellent Oral CommunicationExcellent Written CommunicationMentoringCollaborationProblem Solving
Tools & Technologies
CrowdStrikeCarbonBlackTaniumSplunkAnomaliSentinelVectraSIEMSOARXDR
Certifications & Qualifications
GCFAGCIAGREMGCIHCEHOSCP
Industry Keywords
Cyber Kill ChainPyramid of PainMITRE ATT&CK MatrixDiamond ModelThreat Adversary TTPs
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCyber SecurityLinuxPythonSplunk
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Proactively analyze, document, and report on potential security incidents in client environments
- Collaborate with internal and client partners on security threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits
- Serve as primary point of contact and coordinator for clients during urgent security events requiring response, containment, and remediation
- Lead, mentor, and develop threat hunters and analysts
- Provide security gap analysis and effectiveness assessments of SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR, network security, web application security, asset management, and vulnerability scanning technologies
- Assess new security technologies to improve client security programs and outcomes
- Apply OSINT and client data to demonstrate adversary risk and develop mitigation, detection, and policy recommendations
- Collaborate with senior and principal analysts to inform threat-hunting activities
- Discuss security posture with multiple clients and recommend improvements to their holistic security approach
- Act as a subject matter expert for internal teams and client counterparts
- Develop and maintain SOPs and knowledge bases supporting content development, analyst response, and client action items
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor of Science or Master’s Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer/software engineering, or another applicable focus area, combined with 8+ years of experience in Incident Response, Blue Team, and/or Red Team technical operations
- Equivalent education and training documented with certifications, performance evaluations, course diplomas, or official memorandum may qualify
- GCFA, GCIA, GREM, GCIH, CEH, OSCP, and other relevant information security certifications
- Leadership experience developing people or operations and completing projects, tasks, and problem solving
- Experience with 3 or more of: Incident response processes, Detection Engineering, Malware analysis, Network analysis, Threat intelligence reporting and analysis, Attack and Penetration Testing, Digital Forensics, or cyber threat emulation
- Experience with Cyber threat methodologies, including the Cyber Kill Chain, Pyramid of Pain, MITRE ATT&CK Matrix, and Diamond Model, and applying them to enterprise Cyber operations
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity topics and current threat adversary TTPs
- Strong understanding of Windows and Linux internals
- Combination of skillsets covering both offensive and defensive security practices
- Proven scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, Bash, WMIC, or other languages
- Experience with threat hunting lifecycle and application of tools
- Expert level knowledge of security tools including CrowdStrike, CarbonBlack, Tanium, Splunk, Anomali, Sentinel, and Vectra
- Expert level knowledge of tool integrations for data correlation and automation
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including clear and concise presentations to various audiences with an executive presence
Benefits
Comp & perks- A company committed to our inclusive value through our Employee Resource Groups
- Work/life balance
- Professional training resources
- Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
- Volunteer Opportunities through “Optiv Chips In”
- The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)