Senior Cyber Threat Analyst at ManTech in USA-CO-Denver

Job description

• Unlock the secrets of intelligence with MANTECH! Join a dynamic team at the forefront of national security, providing advanced solutions to government intelligence agencies. Since 1968, we’ve been solving the toughest challenges with groundbreaking tech. Explore thrilling projects in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and Software Development. Elevate your career and make a difference. Your adventure begins now—unleash your potential with MANTECH!
• MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Cyber Threat Analyst to join our team in Denver, CO.

Responsibilities

• Conducting proactive threat hunts to uncover previously undetected adversary behavior, performing in-depth host and network log analysis, and delivering systematic threat assessments
• Managing cyber intelligence requirements and focusing cyber intelligence collection efforts; identifying emerging cyber technologies, capabilities, or weapons which pose a threat to US or Allied systems
• Producing comprehensive cybersecurity reports, providing sourced and summarized threat intelligence, outlining threat hunt findings and limitations, and presenting recommendations to system owners, cyber defenders, and policy makers
• Researching known adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) to identify foundational components, isolate associated host or network events, and enable threat mitigation, detection, and response
• Creating custom cybersecurity dashboards to monitor host and network activity, enabling rapid identification of successful and unsuccessful intrusion attempts
• Performing analysis, correlation, and attribution of incidents to Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups
• Conducting research and analysis of APT infrastructure and malicious binaries, external cyber threat intelligence reporting, and production

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ additional years of cyber experience in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience
• IAT Level II certification (GSEC, Security+, SSCP, or CCNA-Security)
• Experience with related security technology or disciplines such as Incidents and Warnings Management, Cybersecurity Operations, or Cybersecurity Engineering
• Demonstrated experience conducting proactive threat hunts across host, network, endpoint, and security telemetry.
• Experience analyzing system, network, endpoint, and security logs to identify anomalous activity, Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), and adversary behavior.
• Experience conducting cyber threat intelligence analysis, including assessing adversary capabilities, intent, infrastructure, and potential impact.
• Must have an active TS/SCI w/Polygraph
• Familiarity with SIEM and security analytics platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, or similar technologies.
• Experience using threat intelligence frameworks, standards, and methodologies such as MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain or related frameworks.
• Experience creating custom detection signatures, analytic rules, correlation logic, or threat-hunting queries.
• Experience developing custom cybersecurity dashboards and visualizations to monitor host, network, and security activity.

Skills

Required

• motivated
• career and customer-oriented

Benefits

• The projected compensation range for this position is $104,200.00-$172,900.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. MANTECH’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.