Cyber Countermeasures Engineer

By Light Professional IT Services

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IT - Security
Scott AFB, IL (On-Site/Office)

Company Overview

By Light is seeking a Cyber Countermeasures Engineer who's primary duty location is DISA Global Field Command (DGFC), Scott AFB, IL.

Responsibilities

  • Provide direct mission support to government customers at Scott AFB, IL.
  • Serve as the cyber countermeasure Subject Matter Expert for a new cyber capability.
  • Work directly with customer and commercial vendor cyber fusion/threat analyst teams to develop effective countermeasures addressing a wide range of priority and/or emerging cyber threats.
  • Ensure countermeasures are effective in supporting desired mission outcomes.
  • Provide critical integration between customer and commercial vendors teams
  • Analyze signatures (ex. YARA, Snort) in Cyber Threat Intelligence or DoD orders and assess new capability coverage for these threats


Required Experience/Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in cyber analyst role
  • Experience conducting malware analysis
  • Experience developing behavioral threat signatures, such as YARA rules
  • Experience with cyber operations and cyber operation planning processes
  • Understands malicious cyber actor TTPs to include initial access and command-and-control
  • Understands how to use cyber security tools and data to conduct defensive cyber operations
  • Understands cyber threats and cyber threat frameworks such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Understands Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and how to integrate CTI into defensive cyber operations


Preferred Experience/Qualifications

  • Hands on SIEM experience, preferably with Splunk, to include configuration, query development, log review/analysis, and correlation of event data
  • 5+ years of experience in cyber analyst role, preferably supporting DGFC or JFHQ
  • Experience with regex and signature development
  • Experience with coding/scripting
  • Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP and/or GIAC certifications
  • Splunk certifications


Special Requirements/Security Clearance

  • Minimum Active Secret Clearance.
  • Active TS and TS/SCI clearances are preferred
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Founded in 2002 as a small family business, By Light has expanded to a large, diverse organization with more than 2,000 employees working with numerous Government and Commercial clients at locations around the world. Driven by a management team steeped in practical experience from Defense, Intelligence, Federal Healthcare, and Commercial sectors, we are trusted to provide reliable, cost-effective IT and Cyberspace Operations solutions to each customer on every project.

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IT - Security
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