Jobs · Engineering · Virginia

Cybersecurity Advanced Analytics Specialist

SITEC Consulting, LLC. · Springfield, VA · 1 mo ago
EngineeringFull-time

Help strengthen enterprise cyber defenses by analyzing threat activity, improving detection logic, and validating defensive countermeasures. Work across cybersecurity teams to identify emerging risks, reduce false positives, and support incident response.

Clearance

Active TS/SCI clearance required; U.S. citizenship mandatory.

Experience

Minimum eight (8) years of advanced cybersecurity analytics experience.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze network and security data to identify trends, hidden threats, and potential incidents.
  • Develop and tune SIEM queries, rules, signatures, and scripts.
  • Correlate threat intelligence, incident findings, and system activity to improve detection.
  • Partner with incident response and cyber analytics teams during investigations and exercises.
  • Evaluate alerts and false positives to improve detection quality.
  • Document analysis and contribute to technical briefings.

Requirements

  • Active TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
  • At least eight years of advanced cybersecurity analytics experience.
  • DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level III and CSSP Analyst‑compliant certification.
  • Experience with SIEM query development, data mining, and detection tuning.
  • Strong knowledge of network protocols, traffic analysis, signatures, and regular expressions.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell scripting.
  • Purple‑team experience.
  • Cloud security, data‑lake, or large‑scale security analytics experience.
  • Experience with hex editors or static file analysis.

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