Description/Job Summary

Insider Threat (InT) Analyst

Fort Meade, MD

Requires US Citizenship
Employment Term and Type: Regular, Full Time
Required Security Clearance: TS with SCI eligibility
Required Education: B.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline ?

Requires: Completion of COVID-19 Vaccination Inoculation Series

Job Description
Support the Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) as an InT Analyst to serve as team member performing insider threat analyses.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to development of Enterprise InT policy, analytical threat models, and provide support to the threat studies team in overall conduct of project(s)
• Work with a small team of data analysts to analyze security events, and identify unusual and malicious activity on an enterprise IT system for the Department of Defense
• Evaluate threat landscapes (internal and external), thoroughly review targeted events, and creatively develop SIEM tool content to enhance capabilities
• Provide subject matter expertise as well as be the definitive source of knowledge, technique, or expertise
• Facilitate insider threat investigations
• Support cross-functional opportunities to help identify security trends and metrics, develop innovative use cases designed to detect anomalous events, and support insider threat education and awareness campaigns
• Identify, collect, and analyze technical and non-technical indicators from a variety of sources
• Coordinate investigation and mitigation strategies with other teams
• Leverage analytical and technical skills to identify patterns and trends and make recommendations to enhance detective and preventive controls
• Maintain the processes and playbooks required for insider threat analysis and support the development and execution of any new processes and playbooks
• Refine existing alerts, reports, and dashboards, and influence architectural and engineering decisions to enhance the team's ability to detect insider threats
• Work under general guidelines and direction, supporting the InT team by performing expert-level research and analysis of intelligence and related data support of threat studies

Qualifications:

• Shall have a minimum of 5 years of cyber analysis, all-source, CI or HUMINT intelligence analysis, or investigation/investigative support experience, including working with data analytics tools and databases (e.g. analyst notebook, etc.)
• 4+ years of experience in cybersecurity?
• 2+ years of experience using data analytics tools to query big data and derive meaningful business and/or threat intelligence products?
• 1+ years of experience with SIEM Tool query language (e.g. Splunk Enterprise, etc.)
• Thorough understanding of insider threat indicators and malicious use cases on an Enterprise IT system?
• Ability to translate and document analyst activities into repeatable processes?
• DOD 8570 IAT II certification (CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, or SSCP)? PMP

Desired:

• SIEM tool certification?
• Familiarity with Army operations
• Threat hunting, incident response or penetration testing experience or certification(s)?
• Experience working in a Cybersecurity Operations Center.?
• Engineering or architecture experience with enterprise SIEM tools?
• Engineering or architecture experience with Commercial Cloud services?
• Technical writing and detailed documentation of networks, systems, applications, and personnel procedures.?

Education: B.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline OR ten years of additional applied work experience

Years Experience: Approximately 5 years as an InT Analyst within DoD

Physical and Environmental Conditions:

• Normal Office Environment. Requires Sitting, Standing, Near Acuity, Speaking with colleagues and customers, Listening, Sight, and Use of hands/fingers.

This position description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. This and all positions are eligible for organization-wide transfer. Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Company Overview: Athena Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) focused on Information Technology and Communications consulting, system engineering, integration, deployment, and operation of state-of-the-art command and control and information systems that deliver critical network-centric solution to the warfighter. With a proven track record of technical support to our customers, we are looking for innovative industry professionals to join our team.

ATG offers a generous compensation package including health, dental, vision, 401(k), group life insurance, and educational reimbursement, among other benefits.

We value our employees and strive to offer many opportunities for professional growth.

ATG is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Vets/Disability