Cyber Security Analyst

Title: Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Location: Long Beach, CA

Type: 12 Month contract with ability to convert

Pay: 130-155k, DOE

Schedule: Full-time

Interview Process: 3 total rounds: phone screening, Teams interview, followed by a client interview

Job Summary:

Our government client is seeking a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst to support their security posture. The Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst will focus on technical analysis of threats in order to drive the collection, creation, and dissemination of indicators of compromise and indicators of attack supporting our State Government client's program.

The CTI analysts will leverage the required technologies to continuously monitor, review, and act on intelligence that match the security use cases. Intelligence analysts will maintain 8x5 monitoring on-site, and support on-call after hours and on weekends performing initial investigation, categorization, prioritization, and escalation of potential threats to the state government stakeholders. This role will focus heavily on the tactics, techniques, and procedures employed by adversaries in order to analyze, produce, and disseminate key tactical intelligence products to both internal and external stakeholders

Requirement:

• At least 3 years experience as a CTI analyst, with ability to conduct open-source intelligence collection and analysis.

• Ability to produce intelligence products at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels.

• Familiarity with multiple threat intelligence types, sources, and methods of gathering/ obtaining information and data.

• Basic knowledge of open-source tools, such as Shodan, Maltego, PassiveTotal, and Virus Total.

• At least 2 years experience with CTI tools such as Anomali.

• Good understanding of the intelligence lifecycle and associated analytic methodologies (Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, ATT&CK, etc.)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate complex concepts at a high level while retaining meaning and highlighting features in a way that maximizes audience engagement.

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking capabilities.

• Ability to work with a high degree of independence.

• Becoming a subject matter expert known adversary, tracking them on a day-by-day basis, and escalating concerning developments, as necessary.

• Triaging tactical reporting to focus on serious threats and/or those likely to be perceived as such.

Eight Eleven Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.