Cyber Data Analyst

Peraton is hiring an experienced Cyber Data Analyst to become a part of our FSC program in the Cyber & Intelligence sector.

Location: On-site in Arlington VA.

What Youll Do:

• Analyze large cybersecurity datasets (e.g. network logs authentication data threat intelligence) to identify trends anomalies and potential risks
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports (e.g. Power BI Tableau) to provide actionable insights to leadership and operational teams
• Perform data validation cleansing and transformation to ensure accuracy and reliability of reporting
• Support anomaly detection and trend analysis through statistical methods and exploratory data analysis
• Collaborate with cybersecurity analysts to translate data findings into operational insights and recommendations
• Develop and refine metrics (e.g. phishing rates authentication anomalies threat activity trends) to improve situational awareness
• Conduct root cause and gap analysis to identify weaknesses in monitoring or detection coverage
• Support automation of recurring data processes and reporting workflows (e.g. Python SQL Databricks)
• Document methodologies assumptions and data sources to ensure transparency and reproducibility

Minimum requirements:

• A bachelors degree and minimum of 9 years of relevant experience.
• An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Must possess or be able to obtain one of the following certification before start date. Continued certification required as a condition of employment:

• CASP CE CCNP Security CEH CFR CHFI CISA CISSP (or Associate) Cloud CND CySA GCED GCIH GICSP SSCP.

• Experience with SIEM EDR/XDR and network security telemetry (e.g. Splunk Microsoft Defender Palo Alto Networks).
• Familiarity with SQL Python or PySpark for data manipulation.
• Familiarity with the use of artificial intelligence to add efficiencies to or automate data capture sort and analysis efforts ideally within a cyber security or threat intelligence context.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret security with the ability to obtain a final Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Preferred experience:

• Building executive-level dashboards and presenting insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Exposure to anomaly detection or basic statistical modeling (not full ML ownership).
• In federal or DoD/DoS environment particularly with missions involving the creation and application of cyber threat intelligence.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.