The focus of the SOC Threat Hunter is to proactively investigate security events in an effort to identify artifacts of a cyber-attack with expectation to also participate in several different areas within Security Operations and Incident Response process; these activities can include digital forensics, use case development, security control testing, and hunt plan development. The SOC III Analyst will use data analysis, threat intelligence, and cutting-edge security technologies.
Working within the Security Operations Center team, the Threat Hunter is responsible for reviewing
system log events and data packets to proactively detect advanced threats that evade traditional
security solutions.
The Analyst will ensure that new environments are identified and understood to enable accurate and actionable reporting for other tiers of Security organization and additionally is expected to actively participate in developing processes, procedures, training, etc. for new technologies.
The candidate must have a curious investigative mind, an interest in information security, and the ability to communicate complex ideas to varied audiences.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Track threat actors, their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and their associated Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
- Capture intelligence on threat actor TTPs/IOCs and coordinate with SecOps pods to develop countermeasures.
- Provide forensic analysis of network packet captures, DNS, proxy, NetFlow, malware, host-based security and application logs, as well as logs from a variety of security sensors.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis of security incidents to develop enhancements to existing alerting tools.
- Compile detailed investigation and analysis reports for internal SecOps consumption and delivery to management.
- Assist in incident response activities such as host triage and retrieval, malware analysis, remote
system analysis, end-user interviews, and remediation efforts.
- Develop advanced queries and alerts to detect adversary actions.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in Information Security (Required)
- 1+ years of experience with the incident response process, including detecting advanced adversaries, log analysis using SIEM, and malware triage (Required)
- Experience with packet analysis and usage of deep packet inspection toolsets.
- Knowledge and experience working with the Cyber Kill Chain Model, Diamond Model or MITER ATT&CK Matrix. (Required)
- Familiarity with EDR/SOAR/Anomaly detection solutions
- Prior experience working with in the following areas: (Desired)
- Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)
- Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC)
- Security Operations Center (SOC)
- Experience with APT/crimeware ecosystems (Desired)
- Industry certification such as the following: (Desired)
- SANS (GCIH, GPEN, GWAT, GXPN, GCFA, GCFE, GREM)
- Offensive Security (OSCP, OSWE, OSCE, OSEE)
Additional relevant information:
- Personality is a big factor…they need to be able to communicate openly and clearly with other people on the team, leadership.
- Candidate should possess a curious investigative mind, an interest in information security, and new & innovative technologies.
