Cyber Threat Hunter (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

109 Trellix Public Sector LLC; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Trellix in Fort Belvoir, VA, is seeking a Cyber Threat Hunter in a classified environment to drive advanced threat hunting, incident response, and security engineering activities on client engagements. The role requires TS/SCI clearance, 5+ years of threat hunting, and deep knowledge of Windows, Linux, and security tooling.

You will collaborate with Solution Services and client managers to deliver secure, compliant IT solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Threat Hunting experience or similar Federal Government Enterprise capability.
• Active DoD 8570 or DoD 8140 compliant cybersecurity certification.
• Experience with Windows, Mac, Linux OS and application hardening.

Responsibilities

• Manage and perform client work related to our product service offerings.
• Create end of engagement reports describing engagement findings and analysis work.
• Mentor consultant peers in new techniques, tools and other job skills.
• Deliver training when required.
• Interaction with managers and cost/schedule monitoring and invoicing.

Skills

Threat Hunting

Cybersecurity

Scripting: Python

PowerShell

Windows

Linux

SIEM/SOAR/XDR

TCP/IP

DoD RMF

Education

BA/BS in relevant field

AA/AS in relevant field

DoD 8570/8140 certification

Tools

VMware

Nutanix

SCCM

Syslog

Job description

Job Title: Cyber Threat Hunter (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

About Trellix Trellix is a global company redefining the future of cybersecurity. The company's comprehensive, open, and native cybersecurity platform helps organizations confronted by today's most advanced threats gain confidence in the protection and resilience of their operations. Trellix, along with an extensive partner ecosystem, accelerates technology innovation through artificial intelligence, automation, and analytics to empower over 50,000 business and government customers with responsibly architected security. More at https://trellix.com.

Role Overview

This is a Full time onsite role at Fort Belvoir, VA in a classified environment. You will be responsible for developing and delivering detailed IT solutions through consulting project activities from client identification through to final invoicing. You will work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. You will exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Work leadership may be provided by assigning work and resolving problems. As a Professional Services consultant, you will be responsible for consulting project activities from project initiation through project completion and final invoicing. A Professional Services consultant is expected to interface with internal and external customers and is expected to develop professional relationships that will enable them to achieve their goals.

Role Requirements

Location: Fort Belvoir, VA

Clearance Required: TS/SCI

About the role

Among the tasks that a PS consultant will be expected to deliver, are:

• Manage and perform client work, related to our product service's offerings.
• Create end of engagement reports describing engagement findings and analysis work.
• Help develop and maintain intellectual capital within Solution Services around our product line.
• Help identify and implement improvements in existing processes and procedures.
• Maintain technical proficiency through self-training or formal training.
• Help identify and develop new clients and expert services engagements.
• Provide knowledge sharing throughout the Solution Services team.
• Mentor consultant peers in new techniques, tools and other job skills.
• Deliver training when required.
• Possible helping update and/or create training course material.
• Interaction with company and client managers and cost/schedule monitoring and estimating, proposal generation and invoicing.
• May participate in sales and proposal presentations in addition to completing ongoing team account activities.

About You

• Understanding of cyber threats, attack vectors, detection capabilities, and associated countermeasures
• Experience working in a Security Operations Center to monitor security alerts, respond and remediate detected issues is preferred
• Clear understanding of organizational Incident Management processes in relation to threats and vulnerabilities
• Knowledge and experience creating detailed Threat Hunting plans, briefings and reports.
• Analyze configurations for vulnerabilities, recommend mitigations, use network tools to assess risks, and assist in malware removal during incidents.
• Maintain a deep knowledge of Trellix Endpoint Security, Application Control/Change Control, ENS, TIE, DXL, DLP, HX, IVX.
• Experience in Windows, Mac, Linux OS and application hardening, including understanding artifacts and behaviors.
• Experience with one or more scripting languages: Python, PowerShell, Go, C#, other command line scripting or similar is preferred.
• You may have experience scripting API integrations with response and orchestration tools like SIEM, SOARs and/or XDR platforms
• Experience with a SIEM tool and working with SIEM Analyst.
• Experience with event correlation and analysis.
• Demonstrated technical proficiency in cybersecurity operations, cybersecurity engineering, systems engineering
• Experience with Virtualization (VMWare, Nutanix, etc.) and Cloud Services [i.e., AWS, Azure]) and enterprise networks.
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activities or potential threats using packet-level and protocol analysis tools.
• Deliver onsite and remote security application/endpoint protection designs, implementations, training, and knowledge transfer for a wide variety of customers.
• Be able to identify gaps in application and network security architecture and recommend strategies using a combination of industry-standard security best practices, software controls and other necessary changes to promote a higher level of information security practices.
• Author formal reports, architecture designs, optimization guides, and best-practice white papers covering a variety of security topics.
• Participate in conference calls, onsite meetings and roundtables with customers, sales, internal product development and support to gather data, scope new and existing work, evaluate or suggest new product features and assist in resolving existing product issues.
• Recognize and generate potential product and consulting services sales leads when appropriate and necessary.
• Detailed understanding of the TCP and IP protocol suites and ability to dissect and explain the contents of traffic and packets.
• Experience with configuration of debugging, event generation, and logging functionality within the application and operating systems, using Syslog or flat-file generation.
• 5+ years of Threat Hunting experience or similar Federal Government Enterprise capability
• Currently hold an adjudicated Secret Clearance and qualify for a TS/SCI clearance
• BA/BS +4 years recent specialized or AA/AS +6years recent specialized or a major cert + 8 years recent specialized
• Active DoD 8570 or DoD 8140 compliant cybersecurity certification
• Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of DoD IT RMF, USCYBERCOM, IC and JFHQ-DoDIN
• Proficiency with Microsoft SCCM and/or other automatic reporting tools
• Adaptable to changing circumstances and operational needs
• Understanding of Department of Defense Military and Federal Government Agency standards
• Experience with Federal Government and DoD IT security requirements

Company Benefits and Perks

• We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities.
• We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day.
• Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement
• We're serious about our commitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.