Cyber Intelligence Analyst

Job ID: 2502187

Location: RESTON, VA, US

Date Posted: 2025-02-19

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cybersecurity Spec

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is looking for an experienced and skilled Cyber Security Analyst to work in the Cyber Threat Intelligence and Integration Center (CTIIC). The candidate will analyze cyber threat intelligence from multiple sources to determine relevance to SAIC and develop formal reports and briefings to bring attention to leadership and other teams, and to assist them with making informed decisions regarding risk, known and emerging threats, as well as assisting in the development of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for cyber operators to enhance the monitoring of external threats. They will work closely with SAIC's Enterprise Security Operations Center, Cyber Threat Hunting, and Cyber Incident Response Teams to continuously defend our network and mitigate the most significant threats. Candidates should have demonstrated strong experience working in a fast-paced environment. This position may be remote anywhere in the US for the right candidate.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee research of emerging security threats
• Oversee threat assessments and provide subject matter expertise on appropriate threat mitigation
• Leverage threat intelligence (e.g. DSIE, NCFTA) from multiple internal and external sources
• Support network monitoring, threat hunting operations, and live incident response by providing accurate, timely, and actionable threat intelligence
• Develop appropriate key threat indicators to support the monitoring program and related processes
• Provide threat analyses to validate established security requirements and to help recommend additional security requirements and safeguards
• Provide threat intelligence to assist with risk and vulnerability assessments
• Collaborate with other Information Security and IT team members to develop and implement innovative strategies for better detection of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).
• Provide escalated threat intelligence to support the response of intrusion or security breach investigations
• Participate in knowledge sharing and collaboration with analysts in other groups and teams
• Ability to brief threat intelligence topics clearly and succinctly
• Possess good writing skills
• Be familiar with a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, data, network traffic, and access controls
• Assist in the implementation of the required policies, and make recommendations on process improvement
• Support security tests and evaluations required by any government accrediting authority through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results, and preparation of required reports
• Assist in the daily operations of the CTIIC

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience with threat intelligence. An additional 4+ years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels, both verbally and written, with internal stakeholders, external government agencies, and 3rd Party vendors and customers.

Preferred Experience:

• Military Intelligence experience a plus.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Job ID: 2502187

Location: RESTON, VA, US

Date Posted: 2025-02-19

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cybersecurity Spec

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is looking for an experienced and skilled Cyber Security Analyst to work in the Cyber Threat Intelligence and Integration Center (CTIIC). The candidate will analyze cyber threat intelligence from multiple sources to determine relevance to SAIC and develop formal reports and briefings to bring attention to leadership and other teams, and to assist them with making informed decisions regarding risk, known and emerging threats, as well as assisting in the development of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for cyber operators to enhance the monitoring of external threats. They will work closely with SAIC's Enterprise Security Operations Center, Cyber Threat Hunting, and Cyber Incident Response Teams to continuously defend our network and mitigate the most significant threats. Candidates should have demonstrated strong experience working in a fast-paced environment. This position may be remote anywhere in the US for the right candidate.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee research of emerging security threats
• Oversee threat assessments and provide subject matter expertise on appropriate threat mitigation
• Leverage threat intelligence (e.g. DSIE, NCFTA) from multiple internal and external sources
• Support network monitoring, threat hunting operations, and live incident response by providing accurate, timely, and actionable threat intelligence
• Develop appropriate key threat indicators to support the monitoring program and related processes
• Provide threat analyses to validate established security requirements and to help recommend additional security requirements and safeguards
• Provide threat intelligence to assist with risk and vulnerability assessments
• Collaborate with other Information Security and IT team members to develop and implement innovative strategies for better detection of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).
• Provide escalated threat intelligence to support the response of intrusion or security breach investigations
• Participate in knowledge sharing and collaboration with analysts in other groups and teams
• Ability to brief threat intelligence topics clearly and succinctly
• Possess good writing skills
• Be familiar with a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, data, network traffic, and access controls
• Assist in the implementation of the required policies, and make recommendations on process improvement
• Support security tests and evaluations required by any government accrediting authority through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results, and preparation of required reports
• Assist in the daily operations of the CTIIC

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience with threat intelligence. An additional 4+ years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels, both verbally and written, with internal stakeholders, external government agencies, and 3rd Party vendors and customers.

Preferred Experience:

• Military Intelligence experience a plus.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.