[Hiring] Cyber Threat Analyst @General Dynamics Information Technology

Role Description

GDIT is seeking a Cyber Threat Analyst to support the United States Postal Service (USPS) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Operations organization and its Detection and Automation Engineering (DAE) program. The team member will design, implement, and maintain automated and Super Intelligence–enabled security detection and integration capabilities across enterprise security-monitoring technologies. This role will strengthen threat detection and response through:

• Detection engineering
• Security automation
• Systems integration
• Data analysis
• Continuous improvement of detection content and workflows

The Cyber Threat Analyst will collaborate closely with security operations, threat intelligence, and incident response stakeholders. Success in this role also requires strong documentation skills and the ability to operationalize security capabilities, processes, and workflows effectively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other IT/security related major; or equivalent experience
• 8+ years relevant experience
• Knowledge of detection engineering, automation/SI
• Security platform integration expertise
• Requirements analysis skills
• Testing & validation experience
• Security data analysis experience
• Documentation & sustainment experience
• Cross-functional coordination experience
• Research and evaluation of emerging capabilities

Requirements

• SOAR Tools: SentinelOne, SentinelOne Hyper automation, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk SOAR
• Super Intelligence (SI) Security
• SOC operations and processes
• Threat intelligence lifecycle and analysis
• Incident response methodologies
• Network protocols and architecture
• Operating systems (Windows/Linux/Unix)
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Security architecture and design
• Programming/scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• API integration and development
• Detection engineering methodologies
• Security automation and orchestration concepts
• Malware analysis, digital forensics procedures, risk assessment methodologies, machine learning and SI for security

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Family Leave program providing up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance