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About the Company: Signal Hill Technologies is a cybersecurity services firm located in Northern Virginia. Our team has many years of experience defending both US Government and commercial clients against sophisticated, well-funded, motivated adversaries. Our core expertise is built upon work performed for the US Dept. of Defense, the Intelligence Community, the Financial Services industry, and work to protect US critical infrastructure. Our mission is to provide the best technical solutions and hands-on support to address each customer’s unique cyber risks. About the Role: As a Cyber Threat Analyst supporting a critical government agency in Washington, DC, you'll be at the forefront of defending essential infrastructure and sensitive systems. This role combines hands-on security incident response with strategic threat intelligence operations. You'll investigate security incidents using advanced toolsets, develop actionable threat intelligence reports, and effectively communicate findings across technical and executive stakeholders. Success in this role requires both technical expertise and the ability to influence decision-makers. Experience Level: 5-7 years of experience with security operations and incident response. Education: Bachelor's OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Certifications: One or more of the following: CISSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC, RHCE. Duties: Responsible for performing triage on all security escalation and detection to determine scope, severity, and root cause. Monitor cyber security events, detecting incidents, and investigating incidents. Provide support to contract Program Manager, as necessary. Effectively communicate technical information to non-technical audiences. Influence others to comply with policies and conform to standards and best practices. Identify and develop threat intelligence reports from all available open sources. Maintain threat indicators within the threat intelligence platform. Requirements: Experience with Splunk, Analyst1, Virus Total, SIR, and other relevant tools. Willingness to learn new tools adapted by the organization and take training as needed. Implement and support standard procedures for incident response. Interface with Business Unit Information System Security Officers and Incident Response Teams. Monitor cyber security events, provide information on suspicious activity, and assist other teams as needed to provide threat intelligence information. This job is remote but we highly prefer candidates in the DC-Metro area available on short notice for an in-person meeting or work event as needed. Note on resumes: Resumes must clearly show job history including month and year. Please account for any gaps in work history. Education must list month and year of degree attainment and specific degree earned. #J-18808-Ljbffr Signal Hill Technologies

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