[Hiring] Cyber Hunt Senior Analyst @Everforth ECS

Role Description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Cyber Hunt Senior Analyst who lives in close proximity to the National Capital Region (NCR) to join a premier, enterprise-scale cybersecurity program supporting a major federal civilian agency. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.

Salary Range: $165,000 - $185,000

This flagship initiative unifies 24x7x365 Security Operations (SOC), proactive threat hunting, and advanced Security Engineering and Architecture into a cohesive defensive mission. As a senior technical expert on this program, you will drive the protection of highly sensitive, national-level financial, and personally identifiable information (PII). You will be at the forefront of modernizing the agency's cyber posture, implementing advanced automation, and ensuring continuous operational resilience across a massive, highly complex federal IT enterprise.

As a Cyber Hunt Senior Analyst, you will serve as a principal technical authority across threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence (CTI), and detection engineering operations. Working alongside the Cyber Hunt Team Leader, SOC analysts, and agency stakeholders, you will:

• Provide strategic oversight and technical leadership for threat hunting, CTI, and SOC analysts across the program.
• Advise on threat modeling, adversary emulation, and Purple Team exercises to validate and strengthen the agency's defensive posture.
• Support interagency collaboration and national-level threat intelligence sharing initiatives.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of threat detection frameworks and advanced analytics capabilities.
• Apply the MITRE ATT&CK framework to map observed adversary behaviors to specific techniques, turning fragmented alerts into clear and actionable threat narratives.
• Develop and refine detection engineering strategies, including hypothesis-driven hunting methodologies and behavioral analytics.
• Support the design and execution of adversary emulation exercises to proactively test and improve detection coverage.
• Conduct deep-dive analysis of threat actor profiles, campaigns, and TTPs to inform defensive priorities.
• Produce high-quality threat intelligence reports and briefings for both technical teams and senior government officials.
• Collaborate with SOC, engineering, and architecture teams to ensure detection logic and hunt findings are operationalized across the enterprise.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior and mid-level hunt analysts, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of team playbooks, standard operating procedures, and knowledge management repositories.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity and threat intelligence, with a demonstrated focus on threat hunting, detection engineering, and adversary analysis.
• Remote but within close proximity to the NCR.
• Active Public Trust 6c clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain one.
• Deep knowledge of behavioral analytics, threat actor profiling, and detection engineering methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with the MITRE ATT&CK framework, including TTP mapping, detection logic development, and adversary emulation.
• Familiarity with CISA threat hunting guidance and federal cybersecurity standards and frameworks.
• Experience with EDR/NDR platforms, SIEM technologies, and cloud-native security tools.
• Proven ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable language for both technical teams and executive and stakeholder audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of producing high-quality federal security documentation.
• Experience supporting interagency threat intelligence sharing and collaboration within federal environments.