cyber threat analyst

About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cyber Threat Analyst to join our dynamic cybersecurity team. In this role, you will play a critical part in protecting sensitive data and critical infrastructure by proactively identifying, analyzing, and mitigating cyber threats. Working alongside a team of cybersecurity professionals, you will contribute to threat hunting efforts, develop actionable intelligence products, and support incident response operations.

Key Responsibilities
As a Cyber Threat Analyst, your core duties will include:

• Conducting proactive threat hunting and cyber intelligence analysis to identify potential risks.

• Analyzing network activity using raw packet data, net flow, IDS/IPS alerts, and custom sensor outputs.

• Correlating security events and assisting in the coordination of incident response efforts.

• Producing and presenting cyber threat intelligence reports, hunt plans, and responses to RFIs for senior leadership.

• Leveraging classified and open-source intelligence to evaluate evolving threat landscapes.

• Utilizing STIX, TAXII, and data scraping techniques to ingest and manage intelligence feeds from various sources.

• Developing and integrating API-based capabilities to streamline threat intelligence workflows.

• Creating and deploying Snort signatures for threat detection as needed.

• Applying threat mitigation strategies, including manual and automated implementation of IP, domain, and email blocks.

• Generating and customizing reports, visualizations, and data exports in PDF and CSV formats.

• Enhancing threat intelligence with custom tagging, metadata, and enriched data feeds to improve situational awareness.

• Supporting incident assessments and remediation activities at the senior level.

Minimum Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field (or an additional six years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree).

• Minimum of two years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity or cyber threat intelligence.

• Proven experience in developing cyber threat intelligence reports and briefing senior stakeholders.

• Ability to work on-site in Leesburg, VA at least three days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with threat intelligence platforms and related tools.

• Experience with automation and scripting techniques to support threat mitigation.

• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.