Cybersecurity Threat Analyst Subject Matter Expert IV

Invictus International; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Invictus International is seeking a Cybersecurity Threat Analyst Subject Matter Expert IV to serve as the senior technical authority for proactive threat hunting within the SOC in Alexandria, VA. The role requires TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph eligibility and hands-on leadership of hunt campaigns.

You will develop the SOC threat-hunting methodology, align techniques with MITRE ATT&CK, translate findings into actionable defensive improvements, and mentor analysts while coordinating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline; 4 years may substitute for degree.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on threat hunting and adversary analysis experience.
• Experience leading complex hunt campaigns.
• Expert knowledge of adversary TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, and telemetry.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for proactive threat hunting.
• Lead development of the SOC threat-hunting methodology and hunt lifecycle.
• Proactively search enterprise telemetry for indicators of compromise.
• Develop and direct advanced hunt campaigns based on threat intelligence.
• Assess models and determine if patterns indicate adversary activity or benign behavior.
• Mentor threat analysts and provide technical leadership.
• Ensure hunt findings are transitioned to incident response and defense teams.

Skills

Threat hunting

Adversary analysis

MITRE ATT&CK

Threat intelligence

Analytical methodologies

Security telemetry

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

DoD 8570 IAT II/IAM II

Job description

Title: Cybersecurity Threat Analyst Subject Matter Expert IV

Location: Alexandria, VA

Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

Job Details:

• Serve as the senior technical authority for proactive threat hunting and adversary-focused analysis within the SOC
• Lead development of the SOC threat-hunting methodology, hunt lifecycle, prioritization model, documentation standards, quality criteria, and integration with watch operations and engineering
• Proactively search across enterprise network, endpoint, identity, SIEM, and other security telemetry for indicators of compromise and behavioral evidence of malicious activity that has evaded automated detection
• Develop and direct advanced hunt campaigns based on threat intelligence, adversary TTPs, mission priorities, predictive/advanced analytics, environmental changes, incidents, and identified detection gaps
• Assess and validate analytical or predictive models and determine whether identified patterns represent meaningful adversary behavior, benign activity, or require additional collection and analysis
• Lead complex analytical pivots across multiple sources and enclaves and direct expansion of scope when evidence indicates broader adversary activity
• Ensure actionable hunt findings are transitioned to incident response, watch operations, detection engineering, or security engineering with clear evidence and recommended actions
• Provide senior technical input to daily/weekly SOC reporting, leadership briefings, threat assessments, and defensive priorities
• Establish reusable hunt playbooks, analytical techniques, ATT&CK mappings, queries, knowledge repositories, and lessons-learned processes
• Mentor threat analysts at all levels and provide technical leadership for exercises, training, and proficiency development
• Identify telemetry and detection blind spots and work with engineering teams to improve collection, analytics, enrichment, and automated detection coverage

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in a technical discipline applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience in addition to education level
• Expert-level hands-on experience in threat hunting, adversary analysis, advanced cyber defense analysis, or closely related work
• Demonstrated experience leading complex hunt campaigns and identifying malicious activity not detected through routine alerting
• Expert knowledge of adversary TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, threat intelligence operationalization, network/endpoint/identity telemetry, and analytical methodologies
• Experience establishing or materially improving a threat-hunting or proactive cyber-defense program
• Experience translating hunt findings into detection engineering requirements and measurable defensive improvements
• Must possess current DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification
• Experience working in a DoD or IC environment
• Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled