Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst (VA)

Date Posted:

2024-01-06

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA156: 8111 Gatehouse Rd, FallsChurch 8111 Gatehouse Road , Falls Church, VA, 22042 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

You have been redirected to RTX’s career page as we have recently transitioned from RTX to become a standalone company, which provides us with greater autonomy and opportunities for growth. As a prospective employee of Nightwing, you’ll have the chance to contribute to our continued success and shape the future of our cybersecurity, intelligence, and services offerings.

This position is CONTINGENT upon funding, an open position, customer approval, completion of a favorable background investigation, and the ability to obtain and maintain our customer's sensitive clearance.

An experienced Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst is needed to support the mission of our customer's Threat Intelligence Unit by analyzing and tracking adversaries, creating and sharing intelligence both internal and external to CISO, and creating and updating cyber threat profiles for leadership.

• Customer locations are available in Falls Church, VA and in Morrisville, NC. The role is Hybrid (mostly remote).
  
  

Job Responsibilities:

• Identifies and assesses the capabilities and activities of cyber criminals or foreign intelligence entities
• Produces finds to help initialize or support law enforcements and counterintelligence investigations or activities
• Identify and develop threat signatures from all available sources
• Maintain threat indicators within the threat intelligences platform
• Implement and support standard procedures for incident response
• Interface with Business Unit Information System Security Officers and Incident Response Teams
• Provides insights to other team members on nuances of networking technologies, architectures, and network traffic analysis to support other analysts who do not have networking experience
• Develops models for identifying incident-type activity, of malware or bad actors, using statistical analysis
• Develops dashboards to assist in automation and awareness for incident response
• Reviews incident logs/records mining for patterns
• Researches Internet sources and threat intelligence databases to try and find evidence in customer logs
• Explores patterns in network and system activity through log correlation using Splunk and other tools
• Investigates evidence of threats against Windows, Linux, Database, Applications, web servers, firewalls or other relevant technologies
• Ingests IOC’s to assess impact to organization
• Shares IOC’s with internal and external teams for validation and collaboration
  
  

Required Experience and Skills:

• Must be eligible to obtain a sensitive clearance – Position of Public Trust – and may be required to obtain a higher security clearance
• Must have strong working knowledge of:
• Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysis and Reporting
• Cyber Defense Techniques
• Adversary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)
• Boolean Logic
• TCP/IP Fundamentals
• Network Level Exploits
• Threat Management
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal and organizational skills
• 5+ years of related work experience and a Bachelor's degree
• Networking experience, with routing, switching, and analysis experience
• Statistical modeling and analysis experience to infer possible cybersecurity threats
• Experience in analysis in investigations, such as in IT, law enforcement, military intelligence, or business analytics
• Interest in learning about Windows, Linux, Database, Application, Web server, firewall, SIEM etc. log analysis
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with team-members
• Must be highly motivated with the ability to self-start, prioritize, multi-task and work in a team setting
• Understanding of intelligence cycle, Cyber Kill Chain, and Diamond Model
  
  

Desired Skills:

• 5+ years of experience working as a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst and a Bachelor's degree
• Familiarity with common network vulnerability/penetration testing
• Experience with, Recorded Future, Tanium, Redseal, Anomali
• An understanding of log data for Sourcefire, Brightmail, Blue Coat, and Tipping Point
• Experience evaluating systems and network devices and enterprise networks for IA vulnerabilities
• Experience evaluating enterprise networks for IA/security vulnerabilities
• Splunk query-development expertise
• Experience on an Incident Response team performing Tier I/II initial incident triage
• Excellent writing skills
  
  

Required Education:

Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Engineering, Science or a related field. In lieu of degree, two additional years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree-level education.

Desired Certifications (one or more desired):

DOD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level II; CISSP, Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), SFCP, GCIA, SEC +, or SANS

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives. When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission. For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions.

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

This requisition is eligible for an employee referral award. ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the referral award.

Falls Church, VA (Hybrid)

Morrisville, NC (Hybrid)

Relocation Eligible: No

Sign On Bonus Eligible: No

#Cyber

#CIS

#Mercury

The salary range for this role is 77,000 USD - 163,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Privacy Policy and Terms:

Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms

01670416