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Principal Threat Analyst | Remote, USA at Optiv, Overland Park, KS

Principal Threat Analyst | Remote, USA at Optiv in Overland Park, KS. Full-time. Est. up to $160k. Apply with swipeandhired.

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S.

This team provides 24/7 support. This role requires shift flexibility, including the ability to rotate between days, mids, and nights.

Optiv is seeking a Principal Threat Analyst to join Optiv Security’s 24x7x365 Security Operations Center as a member of the Advanced Fusion Center (AFC) team. The Optiv AFC line of business consists of providing security operations expertise to a robust and growing client base. Our team is comprised of highly technical individuals capable of delivering managed services to clients in all industry verticals. The Optiv AFC specializes in custom-tailored security solutions delivered primarily through three practice teams: Client Engagement, Engineering Operations, and Detection and Response Operations. These teams work in tandem to assist our clients in reaching their security maturity goals.

The Principal Threat Analyst will provide deep level analysis for client investigations utilizing customer-provided data sources, audit, and monitoring tools at both the government and enterprise level. The Principal Threat Analyst will work closely with our Technology Engineers, Architects, and Threat Analysts to service customers.

How you'll make an impact

Operate independently in a geographically dispersed team, while maintaining situational awareness and keeping the team up to date
Perform security monitoring and incident response activities across the networks, leveraging a variety of tools and techniques
Detect incidents through proactive “hunting” across security-relevant data sets
Thoroughly document incident response analysis activities
Review investigations conducted by more junior analysts to ensure quality standards are met
Develop new, repeatable methods for finding malicious activity across the networks
Provide recommendations to enhance detection and protection capabilities
Regularly present technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
Develop and follow detailed operational processes and procedures to appropriately analyze, escalate, and assist in the remediation of information security incidents
Prioritize multiple high-priority tasks and formulate responses/recommendations to customers and team members in a fast-paced environment
Provide assistance to other security teams
Continually develop new technical skills and push overall team capabilities forward
Engage with and mentor other team members
Work with other teams on major engineering and architecture initiatives
Be innovative with their understanding of attack methodologies, malware analysis, malicious toolkits, and how those may manifest within various security technologies
Advanced proactive threat hunting
Understands advanced adversary emulation concepts
Advanced use case design for insider threat, operational, threat detection and response
Review of defensive and detective controls to reduce client attack surface

What we're looking for

7-10 years of related work experience required
6+ years operational experience assessing, reviewing, and remediating infrastructure vulnerabilities, CVE’s, and risks.
Knowledge of third-party software vulnerabilities, security threat landscape, especially network and server threats
Knowledge of cyber security threats and risks, vendor computing environments, basic systems, and network technologies.
Experience with and understanding of CVE’s and CVSS scores
Knowledge of compensating controls and mitigating factors.
Knowledge of Information Security frameworks, guidelines, and standard methodologies.
Knowledge of Windows and / or Linux operating systems
Knowledge and understanding of Cybersecurity controls and logging and monitoring tools. Ability to expertly interact with all levels of personnel
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong in problem solving and analytical skills
Ability to work on multiple projects by prioritizing and results oriented approach
Good teammate with flexibility required for support operations
Be well versed in the cyber threat landscape; have an advanced understanding and knowledge of what tactics and techniques are being used by adversaries; have an advanced understand and knowledge of what security controls and/or telemetry data is available to detect these tactics and techniques; and be familiar with cyber security incident response terminology, processes, and techniques.
Moderate to complex investigations (multiple tools) including endpoint, UEBA, public cloud, SAAS and packet analysis
Security use case design recommendations for threat detection
Threat response activities such as quarantining host and other common response playbook activities
Proactive threat hunting using multiple client tools
Process development and documentation
Application of threat intelligence to improve detection and response capabilities
Extensive experience with the MITRE @ttack framework and associated tactics
Extensive alert triage and endpoint investigations using technologies such as EDR
Phishing analysis
Malware analysis (does not include reverse engineering)
MITRE attack framework expertise and understanding of common attack tactics used by threat actors
Provide recommendations on tuning of security detection platforms and use cases to improve accuracy of detection
Knowledge AWS, Azure, GCP cloud service technology
Basic fraud and insider threat specific investigation skills
Knowledge of metrics and reporting with the use of data visualization tools such as Tableau
Demonstrable data analytics skills
Must have a passion for data analysis
Willingness to travel to meet client needs ~ 10%

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What you can expect from Optiv

A company committed to our inclusive value through our Employee Resource Groups
Work/life balance
Professional training resources
Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

EEO Statement
Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age 40 and over, marital status, genetic information, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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