Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead

USPTO; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, VA seeks a senior professional to lead its cyber threat intelligence and analysis program. You will advise the Security Operations Center, incident response, and vulnerability management teams, applying CTI outputs to detection engineering, threat hunting, and defensive playbooks.

This role requires meeting OPM IT Management Series 2210 qualifications and at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level.

Qualifications

• OPM IT Management Series 2210 qualifications must be met.
• 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-13.
• Education cannot substitute for specialized experience at this grade level.

Responsibilities

• Advise SOC, incident response, and vulnerability management teams to integrate CTI outputs into detection engineering, threat hunt operations, and defensive playbooks.
• Champion recommendations and validations of security controls and counter measures to mitigate threats.
• Support red team/blue team exercises with current threat intelligence scenarios and adversary simulations.
• Review and evaluate security policies and identify needed changes based on new threats or technologies.
• Serve as senior technical authority for planning, developing, and managing USPTO's cyber threat intelligence and analysis program.

Skills

SOC collaboration

Threat intel integration

Defensive playbooks

Threat hunting support

Policy & controls

Job description

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, VA seeks a senior professional to lead its cyber threat intelligence and analysis program. You will advise the Security Operations Center, incident response, and vulnerability management teams, applying CTI outputs to detection engineering, threat hunting, and defensive playbooks.

This role requires meeting OPM IT Management Series 2210 qualifications and at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level.