Cyber Defense & Threat Intelligence Analyst

Spahrsolutionsgroup; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Training & development

Vision insurance

Job summary

Spahr is seeking a Cybersecurity Protect Analyst to support the DTRA CSSP Team in defending national security systems. The role emphasizes subscriber engagement, data governance, vulnerability management, and CTI integration to proactively strengthen security postures.

You will coordinate with DoD stakeholders, perform blue team validations, and ensure evidence-based audit readiness. The position offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Subscriber Engagement & Liaison: Act as the technical cybersecurity liaison for subscriber organizations, providing advanced, hands-on guidance for resolving complex security posture issues, patching delays, and system misconfigurations.
• Data Element Dictionary (DED) Governance: Act as the primary auditor for the CSSP Data Element Dictionary (DED). Coordinate with data producers and data stewards to maintain canonical field mappings and machine-readable schemas. Oversee validation rules for identity-attributed, network, and object-access events to guarantee schema compliance across all DTRA subscriber tenants.
• Vulnerability Tracking & KEV Management: Actively track and analyze CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog using standardized cybersecurity frameworks, including Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifiers, National Vulnerability Database (NVD) resources, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) severity vectors, and Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, to evaluate localized risks, prioritize mitigation efforts, and coordinate rapid remediation with system owners.
• Vulnerability Assessment & Analysis (VAA): Execute comprehensive vulnerability assessments using the Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) and other enterprise scanning tools, analyzing raw scan data to deliver actionable, prioritized remediation steps to stakeholders.
• Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Integration: Monitor, evaluate, and digest cyber threat intelligence feeds, indicator of compromise (IOC) alerts, and open-source threat reports to anticipate emerging vectors and proactively adjust defensive postures.
• ESM & Compliance Support: Support CSSP Evaluator Scoring Metric (ESM) compliance assessments, gathering technical evidence, conducting internal control reviews, and maintaining organizational readiness for JFHQ-DoDIN mandated evaluations.
• Blue Team & Posture Validation: Coordinate and conduct "Blue Team" assessments under Government supervision to evaluate subscriber security postures for DoW compliance, while validating detection playbooks and signature effectiveness by emulating adversary tactics to trigger alerts and detect Red Team activities.
• Endpoint & Malware Defense Validation: Perform technical validation of endpoint security tools, host-based security systems, and boundary defense mechanisms to ensure malware protection policies are active, correctly configured, and reporting to central CSSP consoles.
• Directive Implementation: Track, implement, and technically validate compliance with USCYBERCOM TASKORDs, Cyber Protection Condition (CPCON) shifts, and JFHQ-DoDIN operational directives.
• Audit Readiness & Evidence Gathering: Lead compliance focused working groups with subscriber IT teams. Guide them through gathering technical evidence, conducting internal control reviews, and ensuring total readiness for rigorous DoW and agency-level cybersecurity audits (e.g., CORA, CSSP evaluations).

Job description

Spahr is seeking a Cybersecurity Protect Analyst to support the DTRA CSSP Team in defending national security systems. The role emphasizes subscriber engagement, data governance, vulnerability management, and CTI integration to proactively strengthen security postures.

You will coordinate with DoD stakeholders, perform blue team validations, and ensure evidence-based audit readiness. The position offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth.