Cyber Countermeasures Engineer

By Light Professional IT Services

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Top Secret
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IT - Security
Hill AFB, UT (On-Site/Office)

Company Overview

By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.

Position Overview

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

Responsibilities

  • Provide mission support, as necessary for at new cyber capability at Scott AFB, IL.
  • Serve as the cyber countermeasure Subject Matter Expert for a new cyber capability.
  • Work directly with 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 for 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

  • Active TS and TS/SCI clearances are required.
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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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Job Category
IT - Security
Clearance Level
Top Secret