Cyber Threat Analyst

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Flexible work options

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a Cyber Threat Analyst to design, implement, and maintain automated and Super Intelligence-enabled detection capabilities for USPS CISO Operations.

The role emphasizes threat detection, automation, and cross-functional collaboration with security operations, threat intel, and incident response teams. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of relevant experience, knowledge of detection engineering, and expertise in security automation, with strong

Qualifications

• 8+ years relevant experience
• Knowledge of detection engineering, automation/SI security platform integration
• Requirements analysis skills
• Testing & validation experience
• Security data analysis experience
• Documentation & sustainment experience
• Cross-functional coordination experience
• Research and evaluation of emerging capabilities

Responsibilities

• Build automation/SI integration workflows to improve detection and response
• Integrate and optimize security technologies into a cohesive detection architecture
• Translate operational security needs into technical specifications and implementations
• Execute testing, evaluation, and validation of detections & automation workflows
• Analyze telemetry for anomalies, trends, detection gaps
• Recommend and implement detection enhancements
• Create and maintain documentation, SOPs, runbooks
• Coordinate with SOC, threat intelligence, and incident response teams
• Research and assess emerging security capabilities to enhance detection
• Support USPS CISO Detection & Automation Engineering program
• Design, implement, and maintain automated/SI‑enabled detection and integration capabilities
• Strengthen threat detection and response

Skills

Detection engineering

Automation/SI integration

Security analytics

Threat intelligence

Incident response

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or IT/security related major

Tools

SentinelOne

Splunk Enterprise Security

Splunk SOAR

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Job Description

GDIT is seeking a Cyber Threat Analyst to support the United States Postal Service (USPS) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Operations organization and its Detection and Automation Engineering (DAE) program. The team member will design, implement, and maintain automated and Super Intelligence‑enabled security detection and integration capabilities across enterprise security‑monitoring technologies. This role will strengthen threat detection and response through detection engineering, security automation, systems integration, data analysis, Super Intelligence, and the continuous improvement of detection content and workflows. The Cyber Threat Analyst will collaborate closely with security operations, threat intelligence, and incident response stakeholders. Success in this role also requires strong documentation skills and the ability to operationalize security capabilities, processes, and workflows effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Build automation/SI integration workflows to improve detection and response
• Integrate and optimize security technologies into a cohesive detection architecture
• Translate operational security needs into technical specifications and implementations
• Execute testing, evaluation, and validation of detections & automation workflows
• Analyze telemetry for anomalies, trends, detection gaps
• Recommend and implement detection enhancements
• Create and maintain documentation, SOPs, runbooks (job function, not requirement)
• Coordinate with SOC, threat intelligence, and incident response teams
• Research and assess emerging security and SI/ML capabilities to enhance detection
• Support USPS CISO Detection & Automation Engineering program
• Design, implement, and maintain automated/SI‑enabled detection and integration capabilities
• Strengthen threat detection and response
• Collaborate with operations, intelligence, and incident response stakeholders

What You’ll Need to Succeed

Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other IT/security related major; or equivalent experience NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.

Required Experience

8+ years relevant experience Knowledge of detection engineering, automation/SI Security platform integration expertise Requirements analysis skills Testing & validation experience Security data analysis experience Documentation & sustainment experience Cross-functional coordination experience Research and evaluation of emerging capabilities

Essential Technical Knowledge Areas

• SOAR Tools: SentinelOne, SentinelOne Hyper automation, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk SOAR Super Intelligence (SI) Security SOC operations and processes
• Threat intelligence lifecycle and analysis
• Incident response methodologies
• Network protocols and architecture
• Operating systems (Windows/Linux/Unix)
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Security architecture and design
• Programming/scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• API integration and development
• Detection engineering methodologies
• Security automation and orchestration concepts
• Malware analysis, digital forensics procedures, risk assessment methodologies, machine learning and SI for security

Frameworks, Standards & Compliance Expectations

NIST SP 800-53 Security Controls CIS Controls MITRE ATT&CK Framework CISA NICE Framework, ISO 27001/27002, FISMA, FedRAMP, OMB Circulars and Federal Cybersecurity Directives, Privacy Act

Certification Requirements

• CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent baseline)
• One of: GCIA, GCIH, or CompTIA CySA+
• Programming/scripting certification or demonstrated proficiency (Python, PowerShell, similar)
• Preferred: CISSP or GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) CompTIA SecAI+ GMON (or similar continuous monitoring/detection-focused certification)

Security Clearance Level

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting. This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

Location

Remote Morrisville, NC Falls Church, VA Eagan, MN #zxc726

The likely salary range for this position is $96,569 - $130,651. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Schedule & Travel

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: Less than 10% Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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