Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ECS is seeking a Cyber Hunt Senior Analyst to join a premier, enterprise-scale cybersecurity program supporting a major federal civilian agency. In this role, you will provide strategic oversight and technical leadership for threat hunting and cyber threat intelligence operations, driving the protection of sensitive national-level information and modernizing the agency's cyber posture.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic oversight and technical leadership for threat hunting, CTI, and SOC analysts across the program
- Advise on threat modeling, adversary emulation, and Purple Team exercises to validate and strengthen the agency's defensive posture
- Support interagency collaboration and national-level threat intelligence sharing initiatives
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of threat detection frameworks and advanced analytics capabilities
- Apply the MITRE ATT&CK framework to map observed adversary behaviors to specific techniques, turning fragmented alerts into clear and actionable threat narratives
- Develop and refine detection engineering strategies, including hypothesis-driven hunting methodologies and behavioral analytics
- Support the design and execution of adversary emulation exercises to proactively test and improve detection coverage
- Conduct deep-dive analysis of threat actor profiles, campaigns, and TTPs to inform defensive priorities
- Produce high-quality threat intelligence reports and briefings for both technical teams and senior government officials
- Collaborate with SOC, engineering, and architecture teams to ensure detection logic and hunt findings are operationalized across the enterprise
- Mentor and provide guidance to junior and mid-level hunt analysts, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of team playbooks, standard operating procedures, and knowledge management repositories
Skills
- Proximity to the National Capital Region (NCR)
- Experience in threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence (CTI), and detection engineering operations
- Ability to provide strategic oversight and technical leadership for threat hunting and SOC analysts
- Experience advising on threat modeling, adversary emulation, and Purple Team exercises
- Support for interagency collaboration and national-level threat intelligence sharing initiatives
- Experience in developing and improving threat detection frameworks and advanced analytics capabilities
- Ability to apply the MITRE ATT&CK framework to map observed adversary behaviors
- Experience in developing detection engineering strategies and hypothesis-driven hunting methodologies
- Conducting deep-dive analysis of threat actor profiles, campaigns, and TTPs
- Ability to produce high-quality threat intelligence reports and briefings
- Collaboration with SOC, engineering, and architecture teams
- Mentoring and providing guidance to junior and mid-level hunt analysts
- Contributing to the development and maintenance of team playbooks and standard operating procedures
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