Senior Cyber Intelligence Analyst

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DescriptionJob Description:Leidos are a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation. Leidos Cybersecurity Intelligence & Response Center is growing and currently recruiting an experienced, and motivated Senior Cyber Intelligence Analyst.This is an opportunity to join a team of highly skilled and innovative network defenders, and the best group of individuals out there. Leidos' Cybersecurity Intelligence and Response Team (CSIRT) has an immediate opening for a motivated Senior Cyber Intelligence Analyst.Leidos is an international company made up of over 40,000 employees that provides Defense, Intelligence and Health Products to our customers. Our goal is to stay ahead of, and maintain a technical advantage over our adversaries using the latest technical advancements, including custom built cybersecurity capabilities.As a key part of the team, your responsibilities will include threat hunting, and tactical analysis of ongoing attacks by criminal and nation state actors. You will perform and lead various levels of data analysis, incident response, investigative analysis, and research on existing and emerging cyber threats, particularly those directed against Leidos' global networks. You will be expected to "think like an adversary" and engage in threat hunting operations leveraging your understanding of the tactics, techniques and procedures employed by advanced threats combined with intelligence from multiple sources, and provide reporting and briefings to other teams and leadership in order to maintain appropriate levels of situational awareness.In this position, you will have the ability to grow through training opportunities, conferences and collaboration with industry peers and adjacent parts of our business. You will be challenged and provided a tremendous opportunity for growth in a highly collaborative and supportive environment.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIESAnalyse network and host activity associated with both successful and unsuccessful intrusions by advanced attackers.Perform network traffic analysis utilising raw packet data, net flow, IDS, and custom sensor output.Support enterprise incident response effortsLeverage understanding of tactics, techniques and procedures associated with advanced threats to create and add custom signatures that mitigate highly dynamic threats to the enterprise.Employ advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction and intelligence gathering.Proactively research emerging cyber threats. Apply analytical understanding of attacker methodologies and tactics, system vulnerabilities, and key indicators of attacks and exploits.Contribute to threat intelligence reports and briefings that provide situational awareness of cyber threats impacting the company's global network infrastructure, to every level of the organization.Participate in threat hunt operations using known adversary tactics, techniques and procedures, as well as indicators of attack, in order to detect advanced threats to the enterprise.Collaborate using information and knowledge sharing networks and professional relationships to achieve common goals.Provide on-call support for incident response efforts outside of core hours, as needed.Mentor junior and senior analysts technically and conceptuallyCollect, create and disseminate threat intelligenceLead groups of all sizes within the team for strategic efforts, including long-term projects and incident responseDrive advanced countermeasures through to completionInnovate and deliver new types of countermeasuresIncrease the outreach of the team internally and externally through shared intelligence and presentationsREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience in conventional network\host-based intrusion analysis, digital forensics, or malware analysisExperience performing "deep dive" analysis and correlation of log data from multiple sources including PCAP and forensic artefactsExperience with incident response activitiesStrong understanding of Operating Systems and Network ProtocolsCapable and comfortable communicating actionable threat intelligence to both technical and executive-level stakeholdersPrevious experience as Threat Researcher and/or Intelligence AnalystWorking knowledge of Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), Computer Network Attack (CNA) and Computer Network Defense (CND) tools and techniquesPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSUnderstanding of behaviour-based threat models, including ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, etc.Proficiency with Microsoft Windows administrative tools and the Unix/Linux command lineExperience with Splunk (preferred) or other SIEM-type platformFamiliarity with common languages (like Perl and Python) to parse logs, automate processes, and integrate systemsExperience with dynamic malware analysis, and reverse engineeringExperience in cryptography or cryptanalysisAbility to create, modify, and implement both Snort and YARA signaturesPublished research papers at conferences or through other mediums (blogs, articles)A deep understanding of advanced cyber threats targeting enterprises, along with the tools, tactics, and procedures used by those threatsExperience applying threat and data modelling, advanced data correlation, and statistical analysis to develop alerts, notable events, investigative dashboards, and metrics driven reportsWHAT DO WE DO FOR YOU?We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent.Our reward scheme includes:Contributory Pension SchemePrivate Medical Insurance33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, and cycle to work scheme)Pay Range: