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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for a Cyber Threat Analyst to join our team. In this role you will identify and assess the capabilities and activities of cyber criminals and/ or foreign intelligence entities.  You will work as part of a team that analyzes data and supports law enforcement and counterintelligence investigations with the goal to prevent and eradicate threats to critical U.S. systems.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, international relations, information security, or a related field.  Master’s Degree is preferred, but not required.

• Seven (7) years’ experience working in the areas of intelligence, information security, network forensics or insider threat. Exposure to SCADA is a bonus.

• Ability to understand data in various formats to extract and enrich information to enhance its value.

• Ability to work with development teams and articulate requirements/enhancements to capabilities and tools.

• Experience with XKS creating general queries, fingerprinting, and identifying atypical events.

• Experience with Elastic/Splunk/ or other Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) experience creating visualizations and dashboards.

• Understanding of TCP/IP communication protocols and packet flows based on IP traffic; analysis of Packet Capture (PCAP) traffic in Wireshark

• Familiarity writing signatures in Zeek and/or Snort

• 5+ years of experience:

  •  Working within a cybersecurity mission environment using tools and capabilities to generate threat intelligence.  This includes working with cybersecurity analyst teams in more than one mission space to perform data analysis with a deep understanding of adversary tradecraft.

  • Independently performing software engineering functions that directly align/integrate into the mission cybersecurity architecture and capabilities with overall understanding of the design, data flow, and interfaces.

  • Independently creating cybersecurity mission specific and tailored tradecraft (e.g. fingerprints, signatures, indicators etc.)

  • Creating log file analysis including creating threat intelligence reports that indicate findings, mitigations, and confidence.

  • Performing network communications and traffic analysis as well as analysis across disparate data sets to discover and inform cyber operations.

  • Performing advanced queries at scale including knowledge of a diverse range of data sources (e.g. open source, intelligence, partner) to enhance and enrich reporting as well as forming advanced analytics and network diagrams.

  • Implementing best practices for knowledge management and applying techniques to create automated solutions in support of the cybersecurity analytic mission.

• U.S. Citizenship

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our diverse, intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: 

$149,900.00 - $269,800.00

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!