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$170k–$190k/yr
Full-time
bachelor degree
General benefits provided via company career portal
Posted 6d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Detection Engineer will proactively identify and mitigate advanced cyber threats by conducting threat hunts and developing high-fidelity security detections. They will also collaborate with SOC and Incident Response teams to analyze telemetry and enhance security monitoring capabilities.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a Top Secret clearance and at least 7 years of experience in cybersecurity, specifically in threat hunting or detection engineering. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience is required, along with strong analytical skills and knowledge of adversary TTPs.
Full job description
Everforth ECS is seeking a Detection Engineer – Threat Hunter to join our team in Arlington, VA (Hybrid). This position is contingent upon award.
We are seeking a highly motivated Detection Engineer / Threat Hunter to proactively identify, detect, and mitigate advanced cyber threats across the enterprise environment. This role combines threat hunting, detection engineering, and security analytics to improve the organization's ability to identify malicious activity before it results in business impact.
The ideal candidate will have experience working within Security Operations Centers (SOC), Incident Response, Detection Engineering, or Threat Hunting teams and possess strong analytical skills, knowledge of adversary tactics and techniques, and expertise in developing high-fidelity security detections.
Key Responsibilities
Threat Hunting
Conduct proactive threat hunting activities to identify malicious, suspicious, or unauthorized activity across enterprise networks, endpoints, cloud environments, and applications.
Leverage threat intelligence, behavioral analytics, and emerging threat research to develop hunting hypotheses.
Investigate anomalous events and indicators that may represent compromise or active threats and translate findings into formal hunt/detection guidance.
Document threat hunting methodologies, findings, and recommendations.
Detection Engineering
Design, develop, test, and maintain security detection content across SIEM, EDR/XDR, NDR, and cloud security platforms.
Create and tune detection logic based on adversary TTPs, threat intelligence, and attack simulations.
Develop and maintain Sigma rules, YARA signatures, SIEM queries, analytics rules, and detection playbooks.
Continuously improve detection coverage using MITRE ATT&CK and industry threat frameworks.
Define and validate true-positive criteria and effectively tunes/retires weak detections.
Security Analytics
Analyze large volumes of security telemetry from endpoints, networks, cloud platforms, identity systems, and applications.
Correlate threat intelligence with internal security data to identify emerging threats.
Perform root cause analysis and provide actionable recommendations to improve detection effectiveness.
Develop metrics and dashboards that measure detection coverage and security monitoring effectiveness.
Incident Response Support
Partner with Incident Response and SOC teams during active investigations.
Provide advanced threat analysis and forensic context during security incidents.
Assist with containment, eradication, and recovery efforts when necessary.
Create post-incident detection enhancements to prevent adversary re-entry.
Threat Intelligence Integration
Consume and operationalize threat intelligence from commercial, government, open-source, and internal sources.
Map intelligence findings to security controls and detection opportunities.
Identify threat actor tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs), and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).
Collaborate with Cyber Threat Intelligence teams to enhance security monitoring capabilities.
Continuous Improvement
Assess existing detections for effectiveness and false-positive reduction opportunities.
Conduct adversary emulation and purple team exercises to validate detection capabilities.
Identify visibility gaps and recommend additional logging, telemetry, and monitoring controls.
Stay current on emerging cyber threats, attacker methodologies, and detection technologies.
How much do Data & Analytics jobs in Arlington, VA pay?
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