Principal Threat Intelligence Consultant

Responsibilities Operate as a technical resource within the Practice and actively participate in DFIR investigations to provide actionable intelligence.

Mentor junior analysts and provide leadership.

Effective engagement communication, time management, and collaboration with peers.

Author comprehensive engagement deliverables that are tailored to both technical and managerial audiences as well as fully detail the technical findings, recommendations, business impact, and realistic remediation strategies.

Foster client relationships by providing support, information, and guidance.

Utilize automation, orchestration, and scripting to reduce manual processes, improving overall efficiency while also enabling new capabilities to meet the rapidly changing needs of our clients.

Contribute to integration of existing and future open-source and commercial tools to help improve GRIT processes and procedures.

Perpetually strengthen relevant skills, knowledge, and abilities to stay at the forefront of the information security industry.

Maintain a strong desire to learn, adapt, and improve along with a rapidly-growing company.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements Five (5+) years of experience performing Threat Intelligence analysis.

Five (7+) combined years of IT and information security experience.

Embraces emerging technologies, including AI tools, to work smarter, solve problems, and drive better business outcomes.

Prior experience in a Consulting Services role.

Experience implementing or improving operational processes or procedures in the intelligence analysis lifecycle.

Proficiency hunting APT data using open source or commercial cyber threat analytic tools or data repositories such as Virus Total, Passive Total, Threat Miner, or Maltego.

Core capabilities include: Network traffic analysis Host forensics Malware handling / triage Log review Experience with a variety of industry-related solutions including EDR, SIEM, NDR, FW, NGAV, Velociraptor, OSQuery, and others.

Strong ability to correlate data and research using open source repositories (ex.

Virus Total, Domaintools, Threatminer, etc.) Intermediate ability to present technical information and analysis to audiences up to 50 persons on a quarterly basis.

Ability to apply formal intelligence analysis methods, develop hypothesis, prove/disprove relationships, always ask why, defend your analysis, and apply attribution to cyber threat activity.

Ability to make confidence-based assessments for purposes of attribution based on their technical analysis of network traffic, multi-source data, malware and system analysis.

Candidate must be able to identify analytic bias.

Experience with common programming languages including Power Shell, Python, BASH, Go, or others.

Experience with cloud technologies for the enterprise, such as Amazon Web Services, G Suite, Office 365, and Azure.

Awareness of attacker techniques, advanced threat groups, and integration of intelligence into an investigation.

Other relevant industry certifications, such as but not limited to GCIA, GCIH, GDAT, GCFE, and GFCA.

ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills Threat Intelligence analysis Network traffic analysis Host forensics Malware handling Log review Programming languages Automation Orchestration Scripting Operational processes Soft Skills Mentoring Leadership Effective communication Time management Collaboration Client relationship management Adaptability Desire to learn Problem-solving Presentation skills Certifications & Qualifications GCIA GCIH GDAT GCFE GFCA Industry Keywords DFIR investigations Cyber threat analysis APT data hunting Intelligence analysis lifecycle Emerging technologies Attacker techniques Advanced threat groups Integration of intelligence Confidence-based assessments Analytic bias Tools & Technologies Virus Total Passive Total Threat Miner Maltego EDR SIEM NDR FW NGAV Amazon Web Services #J-18808-Ljbffr