Cyber Fusion Analyst - TS/SCI Required

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually description includes "Description" then "Primary Responsibilities", "Basic Qualifications", "Preferred Qualifications", "Job Type & Location", "Pay And Benefits", "Workplace Type", "Application Deadline", "About TEKsystems", etc. We need to use

for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to map content accordingly. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "About TEKsystems" repeated? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can combine similar sections. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include description, responsibilities, qualifications (basic and preferred), pay and benefits, workplace type (onsite), maybe location, job type (Contract to Hire). Also maybe "Application Deadline" is not needed? It's not a standard heading; but it's substantive. Could be included under a generic section like "Details". But we should follow allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can also add other headings if needed? The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those are typical. Probably we should stick to those. We need to include Pay and Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. It does: Pay range $55.00 - $60.00/hr, benefits list. So we need Pay and Benefits sections. Schedule: posting mentions "Ability to work 100% onsite at the Mark Center during normal business hours; schedule flexibility may be required to support mission requirements." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. Requirements: could be Basic Qualifications. Qualifications: maybe Preferred Qualifications. Skills: maybe list of skills from responsibilities? Could combine. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to remove duplicated lines: there is duplicated "About TEKsystems" and equal opportunity statements. Remove those. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft:

About the role

The Cyber Intelligence Fusion Analyst serves as the proactive analysis and threat-hunting engine for the J361 SOC. The analyst synthesizes all-source threat reporting to conduct structured threat hunts, perform proactive environment sweeps, and deliver tailored analytical reports and briefings to leadership. The position combines cyber operations, threat intelligence, and analytic tradecraft to identify, characterize, and mitigate threats affecting tenants and subscribers throughout the National Capital Region.

Responsibilities

• Ingest, analyze, and synthesize cyber threat reporting from OSINT, government reporting, commercial threat-intelligence platforms, and other authorized sources to identify threats relevant to the environment.
• Correlate external threat intelligence with enterprise SIEM, EDR, endpoint, network, packet capture (PCAP), NetFlow, proxy, firewall, IDS/IPS, SSL decryption, session, and system-log telemetry to identify and assess malicious activity.
• Conduct proactive IOC sweeps and hypothesis-driven threat hunts to identify activity associated with emerging adversary campaigns, vulnerabilities, malware, targeted threats, and stealthy or evasive adversary behavior.
• Characterize adversary infrastructure, malware, tooling, and TTPs using MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, and other applicable threat-modeling frameworks; assess potential risk to enterprise assets, tenants, and mission operations.
• Develop hunt plans, adversary profiles, analytic methodologies, detection logic, and complex query strategies; plan, coordinate, and execute ad hoc threat hunts; document findings and recommendations in AARs; and other required mission products.
• Develop, validate, and recommend countermeasures, including SIEM correlation searches, analytic content, custom signatures, and blocking recommendations, to improve prevention, detection, and response to known adversarial TTPs; technically vet suspicious indicators before submitting detection or blocking nominations.
• Produce recurring and ad hoc threat reports, intelligence assessments, executive summaries, situational-awareness updates, time-sensitive threat notifications, and strategic threat assessments.
• Translate technical telemetry, forensics, intelligence reporting, and analytic findings into clear, actionable technical, operational, and executive-level summaries; prepare and deliver recurring and on-demand briefings to leadership, tenant organizations, and mission partners.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on adversary tradecraft and provide threat context, intelligence support, and analytic recommendations to incident responders and other SOC teams during active investigations.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, work instructions, hunt methodologies, analytic playbooks, detection use cases, and knowledge-management artifacts; identify capability and workflow gaps, recommend improvements, and enhance automation for enrichment, case management, reporting, dashboards, and metrics.
• Provide technical leadership on complex hunts and investigations; mentor junior analysts and contribute to team training and professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, intelligence studies, or a related technical discipline and 8+ years of relevant experience; additional relevant experience, cybersecurity education, or industry certifications may be substituted for a degree.
• 4+ years of experience supporting cybersecurity operations, cyber threat intelligence, threat hunting, incident response, cyber network defense, or a closely related cyber mission.
• Active Top Secret security clearance.
• Must meet DoD 8140 IAT Level II baseline certification requirements before starting work and possess, or obtain and maintain within the required program timeframe, a DoD 8140 CSSP Analyst (CSSP‑A) certification.
• Demonstrated experience applying MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, or comparable frameworks to characterize adversary activity, TTPs, attack lifecycles, vulnerabilities, malware behaviors, and indicators.
• Hands‑on experience conducting hypothesis‑driven threat hunts, developing detection logic and analytic queries, and pivoting from external threat reporting, IOCs, and OSINT to internal enterprise telemetry.
• Demonstrated experience querying, analyzing, and correlating high‑volume SIEM, EDR, endpoint, network, NetFlow, packet, log, and other host‑ or network‑based security data; working knowledge of TCP/IP, common ports and protocols, network traffic flow, OSI model, system administration, defense‑in‑depth, and enterprise security architecture.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and collaboration skills, including the ability to produce technical and executive‑level reports and briefings; ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and work effectively with technical and non‑technical mission partners.
• Ability to work 100% onsite at the Mark Center during normal business hours; schedule flexibility may be required to support mission requirements.
• U.S. Citizenship required (due to clearance requirement).

Qualifications

• TS/SCI eligibility, including eligibility for reciprocal acceptance, preferred.
• Advanced cybersecurity certifications, such as CISSP, CASP+, CySA+, CEH, GIAC GCIH, GCIA, GCED, GCTI, or comparable credentials.
• Experience supporting DISA, Department of Defense networks, Cyber Security Service Provider operations, Cyber Protection Teams, or a large enterprise SOC.
• Experience conducting threat hunting and cyber investigations across NIPRNet, SIPRNet, JWICS, cloud, commercial, or similarly complex enterprise environments.
• Experience using SIEM, EDR, threat‑intelligence, and network‑analysis tools—such as Splunk, Elastic, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Sentinel, Google Threat Intelligence, VirusTotal, Wireshark, PCAP, and NetFlow—to develop or tune correlation searches, detection rules, signatures, threat blocks, analytic queries, dashboards, and automated enrichment workflows.
• Familiarity with commercial threat‑intelligence platforms; malware analysis; digital and network forensics; endpoint telemetry; intrusion detection; vulnerability research; cloud security; and intelligence‑driven defense methodologies, including MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain.
• Familiarity with query languages and scripting tools, such as SPL, KQL, Lucene, SQL, Python, PowerShell, and Unix/Linux command‑line utilities.
• Experience producing intelligence products, operational reports, and executive briefings for executives, General Officer/Flag Officer, Executive Service, or equivalent leadership; demonstrated ability to lead complex cyber investigations or threat hunts and mentor junior technical staff.

Skills

Threat hunting, MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, SIEM/EDR correlation, detection logic development, analytic query writing (SPL, KQL, SQL, Python, PowerShell), malware analysis, network forensics, cloud security, briefing and reporting, SOP development, mentoring.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $60.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job‑related factors.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long‑term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Schedule

Fully onsite position in Alexandria, VA; normal business hours with schedule flexibility as needed to support mission requirements.

We should also include location maybe under Schedule or separate but we already have location in Schedule. Job type "Contract to Hire" could be included in About the role or Schedule. Could add a line in About the role: "This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Alexandria, VA." Let's incorporate. We need to ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like equal opportunity statements, application deadline, About TEKsystems duplicated. We removed those. Check for any leftover boilerplate: The text about "Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Sep 30, 2026." We omitted; is that substantive? It's not a standard heading but could be considered details. However instruction says prefer few substantive sections; we could add a small paragraph under About the role or Schedule. But maybe it's okay to omit as it's not required heading. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should keep the application deadline. Where to put? Could add a

under About the role or a separate section like "Details". But we don't have a heading for that. Could add a

after About the role: "Application deadline: September 30, 2026." That's substantive. Also "Job Type & Location: