Senior Principal Cyber Threat Analyst

🕒 September 24

🦀 Maryland – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $117.5k - $193.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🕵️ Threat Intelligence Specialist

👻 Ghost score 24%

What it means: the chance that no one is really hiring for this job.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Northrop Grumman

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 1939

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

🎖️ Defense

Manufacturing • Logistics • Defense

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense company, recognized for its innovative solutions in air, cyber, land, sea, and space domains. With a focus on advanced technologies and innovation, Northrop Grumman provides unmatched expertise in military communications, satellite communications, and microelectronics manufacturing. The company is committed to solving complex challenges and 'defining possible' by transforming the concepts of what's achievable. Northrop Grumman is also actively involved in sustainability efforts and offers career opportunities to various levels of professionals, including veterans and entry-level candidates.

📋 Description

• Provide counterintelligence and cyber threat protection for Northrop Grumman intellectual property, networks, and sensitive data • Perform daily in-depth analysis of current network- and host-based threat activity • Assess emerging threat trends • Monitor counterintelligence portals • Liaise with Defense Industrial Base and government peers • Process and mitigate cyber threat activity as part of the Intelligence and Response team • Collaborate with I&R team members and Strategic CI analysts on multi-tiered threat mitigation • Identify and counter sophisticated cybersecurity and cyber threats across the Northrop Grumman Managed Network • Triage and prioritize concurrent cyber events • Analyze host and network logs • Correlate network indicators and PCAP data • Generate event timelines and conduct root cause analysis • Independently create customized scripts to facilitate analysis • Prepare detailed written event analyses • Brief findings to technical and non-technical senior management audiences

🎯 Requirements

• 8 Years of relevant experience with a Bachelors in Science; OR 6 Years with Masters; OR 4 Years with PhD • Current U.S. Government Top Secret level security clearance, including SCI access and a recent Polygraph adjudicated within the last 5 years • U.S. Citizenship required for positions with a government clearance • Ability to prepare and analyze data and figures • Experience with two or more analysis tools used in a CIRT or similar investigative environment • Minimum of 4 years of experience conducting analysis of log data in support of intrusion analysis or cybersecurity operations • Minimum of 4 years of experience with Python, Perl, or another scripting language • Demonstrated awareness of current endpoint and network exploits • Familiarity with computer network exploitation methodologies and tools • Understanding of network communication protocols at all layers of the OSI model • Experience with large data sets, high-performance computing systems, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools • Experience with endpoint detection and response technologies • Experience with cyber threat intelligence methodologies • Linux/Unix and Windows proficiency, including Bash and PowerShell scripting • Familiarity with current information security threats facing U.S. defense contractors or the U.S. Government • One or more technical certifications preferred, including GCED, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GREM, or CFCE • Other vendor certifications considered, including EnCE, ACE, CCNA, and CISSP

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Phenomenal learning opportunities • Exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers • Friendly team environment • Health insurance coverage • Life and disability insurance • Savings plan • Company paid holidays • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business • Overtime eligibility, depending on position • Shift differential, depending on position • Discretionary bonus eligibility • Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions and share in company results • Long Term Incentives eligibility for Vice President or Director positions

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume