Description:

This role is supporting the Electronic Warfare Division at our client's innovation center, which specializes in a variety of exciting R&D programs. Our client is looking for a Sr Cyber Systems Engineer, who will be expected to "think like an adversary" and engage in threat hunting/tactical analysis of ongoing attacks to the mission systems.

You will be leading a team of engineers to perform data analysis, investigative analysis, research on existing and emerging cyber threats, and develop tools to assist the aforementioned tasks. You will be challenged to leverage your understanding of the tactics, techniques and procedures employed by advanced threats combined with intelligence from multiple sources. Part of the role will also be working with Capture Managers to develop proposals, participate in marketing activities, conferences and collaboration with industry peers and adjacent parts of our business.

Responsibilities:

• Lead small R&D projects as PI/ChEng.

• Contribute to technical volume of cyber-related proposals.

• Analyze network and host activity associated with both successful and unsuccessful intrusions by advanced attackers.

• Perform network traffic analysis utilizing raw packet data, net flow, IDS, and custom sensor output.

• Leverage understanding of tactics, techniques and procedures associated with advanced threats to create and add custom signatures that mitigate highly dynamic threats to the system.

• Employ advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction and intelligence gathering.

• Proactively research emerging cyber threats. Apply analytical understanding of attacker methodologies and tactics, system vulnerabilities, and key indicators of attacks and exploits.

• Contribute to threat intelligence reports and briefings that provide situational awareness of cyber threats impacting the company's global network infrastructure, to every level of the organization.

• Participate in threat hunt operations using known adversary tactics, techniques and procedures, as well as indicators of attack, in order to detect advanced threats to the enterprise.

Skills:

linux, machine learning, object-oriented programming, data modeling, roadmap, python, c

Top Skills Details:

linux,machine learning,object-oriented programming

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Required:

• BS Degree and 15 years relevant experience in cyber security or network defense

• Strong leadership skills for taking a team of engineers from multi-disciplinary domains and successfully completing R&D projects.

• Strong technical execution experience as PI/ChEng, which includes technical planning and labor estimation.

• Strong understanding of Linux-based operating systems, and network stack/routing/interconnectivity.

• A deep understanding of advanced cyber threats targeting mission systems, along with the tools, tactics, and procedures used by those threats.

• Experience performing intrusion analysis, digital forensics, and correlation of log data from multiple sources including PCAP and forensic artifacts.

• Experience applying threat and data modeling, advanced data correlation, and statistical analysis to develop alerts, notable events, investigative dashboards, and metrics driven reports.

• Working knowledge with AI/ML

• Working knowledge with Python and C , and the Linux/Unix command line.

• Must be eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred:

• Understanding of behavioral based threat models, including ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, etc.

• Strong understanding of Mobile Operating Systems and Mobile Networks.

• Previous experience as Threat Researcher and/or Intelligence Analyst.

• Experience with dynamic malware analysis, and reverse engineering.

• Experience in cryptography or cryptanalysis

• Ability to create, modify, and implement both Snort and YARA signatures.

• Working knowledge of Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), Computer Network Attack (CNA) and Computer Network Defense (CND) tools and techniques.

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, SANS GIAC, CEH, etc.

• Capable and comfortable communicating actionable threat intelligence to both technical and executive-level stakeholders.

• Published research papers at conference

Experience Level:

Expert Level

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