C002914 Threat Hunting Analyst (NS) - WED 28 Jun

Total Scope of the request (hours): 670

Required Start Date: 14 August 2023

End Contract Date: 31 December 2023

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Specific Working Conditions: Normal office environment with standard working hours, but may exceptionally be required to work non-standard hours in support of a major Cyber Incident, or on a shift system for a limited period of time due to urgent operational needs.

Duties and Role:

As a Cyber Security Threat Hunting Analyst the incumbent will work alongside a team of Security Analysts to proactively detect cyber security attacks against NATO networks. They will research and and react to the latest threats, using industry leading tools to discover new and ongoing attacks.

Main responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise supporting the end-to-end threat hunting process.
• Develop hypotheses to be used in a threat hunt for given threat groups.
• Create security tool content such as searches, reports and dashboards to facilitate threat hunting.
• Perform indepth analysis to deliver conclusions and recommendations.
• Review and develop logging configurations to enable a comprehensive threat hunting capability.
• Develop and document threat hunting procedures.
• Document analysis, findings, and recommendations in reports and presentations to be delivered to stakeholders.
• Tasks in support of NATO network monitoring and other NCSC Operations branch activities.

Requirements

Skill, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• A university degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a technical subject with substantial Information Technology (IT) content and two years of specific experience. Exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency; that is, at least 4 years extensive and progressive expertise in the duties related to the function of the post.

Mandatory Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of computer and communications security, networking, and the vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications.
• Experience in analysis of threat actor group attack patterns, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Knowledge of the TaHiTI threat hunting methodology and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, ability to identify patterns, detect anomalies and make accurate, informed decisions.
• Experience in performing indepth cyber security analysis in large, complex networks using security use cases, relevant datasets, and documentation.
• Expertise in at least three of the following areas and a high level of experience in several of the other areas: Cyber security threat hunting; Security Information and Events Management systems (SIEM) – e.g. Splunk; Splunk processing language; Network and host based intrusion detection systems; Sysmon configuration, Windows, and Linux log analysis; Full Packet Capture systems (FPC) – e.g. Niksun, RSA/NetWitness; Data visualisation and statistical analysis; Technical report writing
• Good written and verbal communication skills (English)

Desirable

• A good understanding of Security, Orchestrations, Automation and Response (SOAR) concepts and their benefits to the protection of CIS infrastructures.
• Strong knowledge of malware families and network attack vectors.
• Experience in intrusion detection and incident handling.
• Ability to analyse attack vectors against a particular system to determine attack surface.
• Industry leading certification in the area of cyber security such as GCFA, GCIA, GNFA.