Threat Intel Lead

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

401(k) plan

PTO & Holidays

Additional insurances

Job summary

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Watch and Warning Analysis Team in Sterling, VA. You will guide vulnerability analysis and adversary assessments for a U.S.

Government client, directing priorities and coordinating with government and industry partners. You will mentor analysts, deliver technical briefings to cyber practitioners and SES leadership, and drive cross-functional projects leveraging ASMG tools to reduce exploitation risks across Federal

Qualifications

• Citizenship and high-level clearances required.
• Ability to translate directives into analytic priorities and requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a four-person cyber threat intelligence team to analyze vulnerabilities and campaigns.
• Coordinate response with government and industry partners; translate directives into priorities.
• Oversee QA of analyst intel products and presentations; manage cross-functional projects.
• Review daily vulnerability reports to assess risk to FCEB and critical infrastructure.
• Communicate findings to SES leadership; use attack surface data to inform defense.
• Develop mitigation plans; coordinate with threat hunting teams to reduce risk.
• Prepare weekly operational summaries and adversary assessments from multiple data sources.
• Monitor emerging threats in open source and classified reporting.
• Act as SME on technical matters for Federal staff and external stakeholders.
• Ensure government concepts are clearly presented to stakeholders and SMEs.

Skills

US Citizenship

TS/SCI clearance

DHS Suitability

Independent work

Analytic production

Adversary campaigns

Vulnerability assessment

IOCs analysis

Attack surface tools

Leadership

Technical briefings

Security threat knowledge

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering/CIS/Cybersecurity

10+ years cyber security/incidence management

Tools

Shodan

Censys

GTI

CrowdStrike

DataBricks

Power BI

Analyst1

OpenCTI

BitSight

Cortex Expanse

Job description

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Nightwing is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Watch and Warning Analysis Team, which supports a U.S. Government customer. The team provides cybersecurity vulnerability analysis to reduce the prevalence and impact of vulnerabilities and exploitable conditions across Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) entities and Critical Infrastructure Key Resources (CIKR).

Responsibilities

• Lead a four-person cyber threat intelligence team to analyze emerging vulnerabilities and adversary campaigns
• coordinate response efforts with government and industry partners Translate executive directives and policy into analytic priorities and intelligence collection requirements for analysts
• oversee quality assurance of analyst intelligence products and presentations Prioritize and coordinate cross-functional analytic projects, integrate technical data and enriched indicators of compromise into comprehensive adversary assessments that provide direction to cyber defenders Review daily vulnerability reporting to assess risk and potential impacts to critical infrastructure and FCEB entities
• communicate findings to technical practitioners and Senior Executive Service (SES) leadership. Use attack surface management tools to assess vulnerability prevalence across federal agencies
• develop mitigation plans and coordinate with threat hunting teams to reduce adversary exploitation risk Author and present weekly operational summaries, consolidate intelligence reports, and adversary campaign assessments using open source, commercial, and classified reporting.
• Monitor emerging threats and disruptive technologies in open source and classified reporting
• identify and present findings in actionable recommendations Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on technical matters for the Federal Staff
• ensure government ideas are properly presented to external stakeholders and industry SMEs

Required Skills

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• Ability to work with minimal supervision; establish priorities and delivery schedules amid uncertain timelines and set quality assurance criteria for all project deliverables
• Candidates should have at least four years of experience producing analytic products (reports, briefings, or dashboards) based on real-world threats, incidents, or vulnerabilities
• Experience assessing adversary campaigns, capabilities, motivations, and tactics, techniques, and procedures to produce operational and strategic intelligence products
• Experience evaluating vulnerabilities, exposure, exploitability, and evidence of adversary use; assessing potential consequences for Federal Agencies and critical infrastructure
• Experience correlating indicators of compromise, technical reports, and open source, commercial, and classified reporting to develop supported adversary assessments
• Experience utilizing attack surface management tools or assessments from red teams
• Demonstrated team leadership experience; including the ability to mentor and teach new analysts and develop training pipelines
• Experience with directing cyber threat intelligence research into reports, presentations, and assessments for a variety of technology stacks
• Experience in developing and delivering technical briefings to both cyber practitioners and SES leadership
• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities; including how to mitigate the threats or vulnerabilities

Desired Skills

• Previous work with OT/ICS/SCADA technologies; primarily associated vulnerabilities and historic adversary threats to these systems
• Experience in any capacity with critical infrastructure
• Experience with ransomware actors; including interactions or monitoring of access brokers, dark web forums, or negotiations
• Experience with emerging threats; including space systems, AI, and quantum computing
• Ability to clean, normalize, enrich, and analyze large datasets with inconsistent formats and schemas; identify and support intelligence assessments from these large datasets
• Experience in any of the following:
• Administrative Applications (SharePoint, ServiceNow, Microsoft Teams Automation)
• Commercial Threat Intelligence (Shodan, Censys, GTI, CrowdStrike)
• Large Data Analytics and Analysis Applications (DataBricks, Power BI)
• Threat Intelligence Platforms (Analyst1, OpenCTI)
• Attack Surface Management (BitSight, Cortex Expanse)

Required Education

BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related degree, or 10+ years experience in cyber incident management experience or cybersecurity experience with a High school diploma.

Desired Certifications

CISM, CISSP, GCTI, GCED, GOSI, CTIA, CySA+

Syndeo: ESS-3668

Salary & Benefits

The salary associated with this position ($122,000-$253,000) is commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, and demonstrated level of expertise. Compensation will be determined based on these factors to ensure alignment with skills, responsibilities, and market standards.

Nightwing offers medical, vision and dental insurance coverage in addition to a 401k plan, PTO, Holidays, and additional insurances.

Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives.

When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission.

For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions.

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork.

You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do.

Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.