Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst TS/SCI CSOC/CIRT

Altus Consulting Corporation; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Altus Consulting Corporation is seeking a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst to support our mission-focused CSOC and CIRT within a highly secure client environment. You will transform security telemetry into actionable intelligence to improve detection, incident response, and cyber defense decisions.

The ideal candidate has hands-on security operations experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to bridge cybersecurity operations with threat intelligence.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with SIEM, SOAR, IDS/IPS, network monitoring, endpoint security, or related cybersecurity technologies.
• Experience conducting cyber threat analysis and producing actionable intelligence products.
• Strong understanding of adversary TTPs and MITRE ATT&CK.

Responsibilities

• Analyze security data from SIEM, SOAR, IDS/IPS, network monitoring, endpoint detection, and other cybersecurity platforms.
• Identify, track, and assess adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Correlate threat intelligence with security events to improve detection, triage, threat hunting, and incident response activities.
• Produce actionable intelligence reports, threat briefings, cyber situational awareness products, and adversary assessments for operational stakeholders.
• Develop threat profiles and intelligence products that support security operations and cyber defense decision-making.
• Integrate cyber threat intelligence into daily SOC and incident response workflows.
• Support incident investigations by providing contextual intelligence and adversary attribution where appropriate.
• Collaborate with security engineers, analysts, responders, and leadership to operationalize cyber threat intelligence.
• Identify intelligence gaps and recommend improvements to detection, monitoring, and response capabilities.
• Develop executive and operational dashboards using Splunk, Elastic, or related analytics platforms.
• Create visualizations that communicate emerging threats, attack trends, threat actor activity, and operational metrics.
• Develop and maintain cyber defense playbooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and analytical methodologies.
• Document threat hunting processes, incident response procedures, and CTI workflows.
• Assist with automating intelligence collection, enrichment, analysis, and reporting activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance cyber defense operations and mission effectiveness.

Skills

Threat analysis

Dashboard development

Threat intelligence

Security operations

Threat hunting

Communication

Python scripting

Tools

Splunk ES

Elastic Stack

MISP

ThreatConnect

Anomali

Recorded Future

Job description

Altus Consulting Corporation is seeking a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst to support our mission-focused CSOC and CIRT within a highly secure client environment. You will transform security telemetry into actionable intelligence to improve detection, incident response, and cyber defense decisions.

The ideal candidate has hands-on security operations experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to bridge cybersecurity operations with threat intelligence.