Senior Cyber Defense Engineer

12-month contract position located in Irving, TX (onsite).

Responsibilities

• Set intelligence collection priorities and requirements based on organizational risk, industry targeting, and stakeholder needs
• Own the threat intelligence roadmap, including program maturity, tooling, staffing, and process improvements
• Establish and enforce standards for finished intelligence products, source reliability, and confidence-level reporting
• Define and track program KPIs, such as report timeliness, actionability, detection coverage, and stakeholder satisfaction

Requirements

• Deep working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, the intelligence cycle, and structured analytic techniques
• Demonstrated experience producing and delivering intelligence to executive and board-level audiences
• Experience directing threat intelligence platform and vendor strategy, including feed evaluation and management
• Experience partnering with detection engineering, incident response, and vulnerability management on intelligence-driven prioritization
• Strong people-leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, and performance management of analysts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical findings into business risk
• Sound analytic judgment, including the ability to state and defend confidence levels under scrutiny

Preferred Skills

• Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs): MISP, ThreatConnect, Anomali, Recorded Future
• SIEM/SOAR: Splunk, Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR
• Malware and sandbox analysis: VirusTotal, Any.Run, Hybrid Analysis, Joe Sandbox
• Frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model, Cyber Kill Chain, Traffic Light Protocol (TLP)
• OSINT and dark web tooling: Maltego, Shodan, Censys, dark web monitoring services
• Vulnerability and exposure data: CVE/NVD, EPSS, CISA KEV catalog
• Program and reporting: KPI dashboards, ticketing/workflow tools, executive reporting templates

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
• Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
• 401K offered

Pay

The approximate pay range for this position is $87,500 to $125,000. Final compensation may vary based on background, knowledge, skills, and location.