Threat Hunting & Detection Content Analyst

Position Description:

The Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Threat Hunting & Detection Content Engineering Analyst contribute to strengthening our security posture on multiple facets by developing and maintaining advanced threat detection content and conducting proactive threat hunting activities. This person plays a critical role in proactively identifying and neutralizing threats thereby reducing risk enhancing incident response capabilities and ensuring security threats can be identified and translated into high fidelity & actionable alerts for security investigation.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The Threat Hunting & Detection Content Analyst is responsible for the following activities:

Threat Hunting
Research tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs) to plan threat hunting execution
Participate in the planning and execution of our threat hunting program
Perform research and development augmenting our capabilities
Perform proactive threat identification & hunting activities and follow up based on the result
Ad-hoc Incident support

Security Detection Content Engineering
Participate in the planning and execution of our security detection content engineering program
Translate intelligence and incident response report into actionable detection capabilities
Develop new and novel detection mechanisms behavioral detection use cases IOCs etc.
Perform research and development augmenting our capabilities.
Identify new and emerging trends in threat actors TTPs
Ad-hoc Incident support

Threat Hunting & Detection Content Service Management
Assist in producing operational report for effectiveness of the detection content & threat hunting service
Plan and deliver initiatives to streamline the services operations
Assist to manage the service operations
Establish and improve workflow procedure guideline for the services and automate the processes to optimize the teams operations

Automation and Integration
Initiate automation idea and deliver with Automation team to improve the operation efficiency and the quality of the detection content and threat hunting services.
Plan and deliver integration between different technologies platforms to improve our detection content and threat hunting services.

Other Responsibilities
Participate in innovation projects including the building deployment and evaluation of new technologies
Participate in technology evaluation in collaboration with other stakeholders.
Provide advanced threat awareness and education to members of the team

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

The candidate should be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of cyber security especially in threat hunting security detection content engineering digital forensic incident response and threat intelligence areas. The candidate must possess an in-depth knowledge of modern threats threat actors TTPs threat hunting and detection content tools/platforms and methodologies.

Education and Experience:
5 years of cyber security operations experience and at least 2 years hands-on experience in threat hunting and security detection content engineering.
Bachelors degree in computer engineering Computer Science Information Technology Cyber Security or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Qualifications:
Proficient in using threat hunting tools such as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) & Log Analysis Platforms (SIEM)
General Knowledge of security tools such as TIP NGFW Sandbox SASE SIEM EDR WAF etc
Experience with scripting and programming languages (e.g. Python Bash etc.) for automation and analysis
Knowledge of various standard detection content format (Sigma YARA Snort Rule etc)
Knowledge of cyber security principles practices technologies and standards
Strong knowledge of current threat vulnerabilities and threat actors TTPs
Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g. MITRE ATT&CK Cyber Kill Chain)
Knowledge of Windows Linux and Mac Operating system
Strong knowledge of threat hunting detection content and preferably also Incident Response digital forensics and Threat Intelligence
Proficient in spoken and written English

Certifications:
eCTHP GCFA GREM OSCP CISSP or other reputable technical and defensive/offensive focused certification are preferred

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level geographic market experience and training and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $60000$110000. This role is an existing vacancy.

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Skills:

• Cyber Security Consulting

What you can expect from us:

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