Threat Hunt Analyst

cFocus Software Incorporated
Washington, DC, United States
27 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Big Data Python (Programming Language) Windows PowerShell Scripting Information Technology

Job description

cFocus Software seeks a Threat Hunt Analyst to join our program supporting the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC). This position is Hybrid with the onsite location being in Washington, DC. This position requires a Public Trust clearance.

Requirements

  • Active Public Trust clearance
  • B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
  • 3+ years’ experience conducting proactive threat hunting or adversary emulation.
  • 2+ years demonstrated experience forming hypothesis, querying large datasets and identifying APT behavior.
  • 2+ years’ experience in scripting languages including Python and PowerShell to develop new tools.

Benefits & conditions

Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran

  • A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
  • a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
  • a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
  • A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
  • An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
  • An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

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