Hybrid Cyber Threat Engineer - Automation & Threat Intel

Apex Systems; Merrifield (VA); Híbrido; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company match

Employee stock purchase program

Descripción de la vacante

Everforth Apex is seeking a Cyber Threat Engineer to support the Threat Intelligence and Emerging Risk (TIER) team. The role focuses on engineering capacity to develop, automate, integrate, and maintain tools and processes used by threat analysts for hunting and operationalizing threat intelligence.

The candidate will support threat intel ingestion/enrichment workflows, automated data processing, detection rule development, and reusable threat-hunting capabilities, using MITRE ATT&CK and

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, information systems, engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience: Mid-level in cybersecurity engineering, security automation, or threat engineering with direct threat intelligence/threat-hunting
• Demonstrated experience with Python (3+ years), script-based automation, YARA and SIGMA rule development, and MITRE ATT&CK usage.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain tools, scripts, and automated workflows for threat-hunting and intelligence operations.
• Build repeatable processes for ingesting, enriching, transforming, and operationalizing threat intelligence data.
• Develop, test, document, and maintain YARA rules and supporting detection processes.
• Create Python-based utilities and automation to reduce manual effort and scale workflows.
• Translate analyst requirements into technical solutions, integrations, and reusable capabilities.
• Apply the MITRE ATT&CK framework when developing threat-hunting tools and detections.
• Integrate internal and external threat intelligence sources into workflows and tools.
• Validate and QA tools, scripts, rules, integrations, and automation before use.
• Troubleshoot and maintain data pipelines, integrations, and automation.
• Maintain technical documentation and procedures for capabilities.

Conocimientos

Threat hunting

Threat intelligence

Automation scripting

Data analysis

Educación

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity or related field

Master's degree preferred

Herramientas

Python

YARA

SIGMA

MITRE ATT&CK

Descripción del empleo

Everforth Apex is seeking a Cyber Threat Engineer to support the Threat Intelligence and Emerging Risk (TIER) team. The role focuses on engineering capacity to develop, automate, integrate, and maintain tools and processes used by threat analysts for hunting and operationalizing threat intelligence.

The candidate will support threat intel ingestion/enrichment workflows, automated data processing, detection rule development, and reusable threat-hunting capabilities, using MITRE ATT&CK and