Insider Threat Program Hunt Team Analyst (w/ active TS/SCI)

Location: Springfield, VA • Clearance: Top Secret/SCI • Type: Full-time, Onsite

About the role

Critical Solutions is seeking an Insider Threat Program Hunt Team Analyst to support, sustain, design, and evolve the database backbone of the Insider Threat Program (ITP) for a federal customer. The ITP mission is to identify insider threats by utilizing advanced analytics, monitoring, and data correlation to address and eliminate potential threat actors compromising the Agency's mission in safeguarding the nation.

Responsibilities

• Examine, analyze, and search insider threat data to identify trends, patterns, and insights of potential insider threat indicators.
• Provide analytical and program support services related to the operation of UAM/UEBA tools.
• Monitor UAM platform to identify emerging requirements related to insider threat events and coordinate across the enterprise to ensure timely response.
• Conduct further research on the UAM platform to identify patterns of concerning behavior related to potential insider threat risk to the Agency enterprise.
• Provide proactive insider threat-based hunting across the Agency enterprise network, leveraging methodologies and behavioral analytics to detect, investigate, and mitigate anomalous activity and policy violations indicative of malicious insider behavior.
• Conduct continuous hunt operations across data and log sources, Agency platforms, EDR tools, and network traffic to identify patterns of insider threat behavior.
• Identify mitigation strategies to assist the investigative team in effectively reducing insider threat risk.
• Utilize UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics) platforms and techniques to baseline user activity and detect deviations.
• Provide timely response to critical/high UAM alerts (within 4 hours during normal business hours).

Requirements

• Active Top Secret/SCI or SCI eligible.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of prior relevant insider threat experience, or Master’s with 6+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience with requisite certifications will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 4 years demonstrated knowledge of the intelligence cycle, analytic techniques, systems, processes, and organizations.
• Minimum of 4 years demonstrated knowledge of Threat Assessment & Mitigation Strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal skills with ability to deliver briefings to diverse audiences.
• Knowledge of current domestic and international threats to U.S. national security interests.
• Adept at establishing networks with relevant security, personnel, and prevention stakeholders to foster program utilization.
• Self-starter capable of working independently to promote program goals.
• Working knowledge of User Activity Monitoring Software (UAM) and solutions.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity toolsets designed to support ITP mission activities.
• Working knowledge of open-source toolsets.
• Working knowledge of Insider Threat Frameworks: Pathway to Violence & Critical Pathway.
• Current TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain Agency EOD SCI and willingness to undergo CI Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Cyber Security, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Intelligence Analysis.
• Experience with User Activity Monitoring products and platforms.
• 4+ years of experience in Threat Assessment & Mitigation.
• Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional - Fundamentals (CCITP-F).
• Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional - Analysis (CCITP-A).
• Completion of Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE) Insider Threat Detection Analysis Course (ITDAC).
• Completion of Workplace Assessment of Violence Risk (WAVR-21) Workshop.
• Completion of Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE) Curriculums: INT311.CU/INT312.CU/CI201.CU.

Pay

Salary range: $–$. The range represents the typical salary for this job level and does not guarantee a specific salary. Compensation is based on responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, certifications, and other requirements.

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance.
• Supplemental Insurance.
• 401K matching.
• Flexible Time Off (PTO/Holidays).
• Higher Education/Training Reimbursement.