Insider Threat & Risk Analyst

Piper Companies; Camp Springs (MD); On-site; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to $130,000

Full Benefits Package

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Insider Threat Support Analyst to support a federal agency in the Washington DC metro area. The role is onsite in Camp Springs, MD and focuses on insider threat detection and risk mitigation within a cybersecurity program.

The analyst will monitor alerts, investigate potential threats, and collaborate with cybersecurity and intelligence teams to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or 2+ years of insider threat or user activity monitoring experience.
• Hands-on Splunk experience including dashboards and search development.
• Experience with DLP, EDR/NDR, IAM, and user activity monitoring tools such as Teramind.
• Strong analytical, investigative, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and triage insider threat alerts across Splunk, DLP, EDR, IAM, and user activity monitoring tools.
• Investigate suspicious user behavior, potential data exfiltration, and policy violations.
• Apply risk-scoring methodologies to assess and prioritize insider threat events.
• Document investigative findings, evidence, and recommended actions.
• Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, searches, and reporting capabilities.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, incident response, and intelligence teams on investigations.
• Support insider threat trend analysis, reporting, and monitoring improvements.

Education

Bachelor's degree or 2+ years related experience

Tools

Splunk

DLP

EDR

IAM

Teramind

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Insider Threat Support Analyst to support a federal agency in the Washington DC metro area. The role is onsite in Camp Springs, MD and focuses on insider threat detection and risk mitigation within a cybersecurity program.

The analyst will monitor alerts, investigate potential threats, and collaborate with cybersecurity and intelligence teams to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.