Cybersecurity Threat Analyst Subject Matter Expert IV

Invictus International Consulting, LLC.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Invictus International Consulting, LLC. seeks a Cybersecurity Threat Analyst Subject Matter Expert IV to lead proactive threat hunting within the SOC and to drive the development of the SOC threat-hunting methodology and playbooks.

You will search across enterprise telemetry for indicators of malicious activity and direct advanced hunt campaigns based on threat intelligence and adversary TTPs. The role requires8+ years of relevant experience, expert knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, and a DoD/IC

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline; 4 years may substitute for degree.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in threat hunting, adversary analysis, or related work.
• Expert-level hands-on experience in threat hunting and cyber defense analysis.
• Experience leading complex hunt campaigns and identifying malicious activity missed by alerts.
• Expert knowledge of adversary TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, threat intelligence operationalization.
• Current DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification; DoD/IC environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for proactive threat hunting within the SOC.
• Lead development of the SOC threat-hunting methodology, hunt lifecycle, and related standards.
• Proactively search across enterprise telemetry for indicators of compromise and malicious activity.
• Develop and direct advanced hunt campaigns based on threat intelligence and TTPs.
• Assess analytical models and determine meaningful adversary behavior or need for further collection.
• Lead pivots across multiple sources and expand scope when evidence indicates broader activity.
• Ensure hunt findings are transitioned to incident response and security operations with clear actions.
• Provide senior input to SOC reporting, threat assessments, and defensive priorities.
• Establish reusable hunt playbooks, ATT&CK mappings, and knowledge repositories.
• Mentor threat analysts and provide technical leadership for exercises and training.
• Identify telemetry gaps and drive improvements with engineering teams.

Skills

Threat hunting

Adversary analysis

Cyber defense analysis

Lead hunt campaigns

MITRE ATT&CK

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Job description

Title: Cybersecurity Threat Analyst Subject Matter Expert IV

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

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