Cyber Hunt & Respond Senior Engineer

Immediate need for a talented Cyber Hunt & Respond Senior Engineer. This is a 03+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Zebulon, NC(Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested. Job ID: 25-58858 Pay Range: $98 - $101hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location). Key Responsibilities: The Cyber Hunt & Respond Senior Engineer is an advanced, after-hours role within the 247 Cyber Fusion Center.This role has 2 core functions, proactive Threat Hunting & reactive Incident Response coverage.Hunting involves searching through large, diverse sets of internal and external data to Client previously undetected threats.This role is creative and owns the development of new hypotheses on how adversaries may be attacking the organization and will prove out the hypotheses based on our available data.Additionally, this role will work with internal groups to express the data needs to explore potential threats.This candidate must have a strong knowledge of windows internals to effectively respond to and eradicate advanced attacks.This role must advocate for the organization's threat hunting efforts.The ability to quickly identify nefarious artifacts versus benign activity will be a key skill for this position. Cyber & Respond Engineers will be asked to consult on a variety of problems (technical and non-technical) within the team and larger organization.The Cyber Hunt & Respond Senior Engineer is responsible for conducting presentations and mentoring others interested or responsible for related data science, threat hunting, or incident response.Key Requirements and Technology Experience: Key skills; Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. Cyber Threat Hunting, Data Analysis, Cyber Incident Response, Security Operations CenterCyber Breach ResponseTier-3 Incident ResponseThe requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill andor ability required.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field of relevant education, certification, or related training.Five years of experience in Cybersecurity or related workKnowledge of one or more cloud platforms and cloud securityKnowledge of general information technology (IT) and cybersecurityKnowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.Knowledge of network traffic analysis and packet-level analysis using appropriate tools (e.g., Wireshark, tcpdump).Knowledge of operating systems, including WindowsUnix ports and services.Knowledge of modern identity and access management conceptsKnowledge of phishing tactics and techniquesKnowledge of advanced cyber threats and vulnerabilities.Knowledge of cyber-attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).Knowledge of adversarial tactics, techniques, and proceduresKnowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions.Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies.Knowledge of countermeasures to address a variety of threatsKnowledge around leveraging automation, ML, andor AIKnowledge of advanced threat hunting techniquesKnowledge of types of digital forensics data and how to recognize them.Knowledge of types and collection of persistent data.Knowledge of file system implementations (e.g., New Technology File System [NTFS], File Allocation Table [FAT], File Extension [EXT]).Knowledge of which system files (e.g., log files, registry files, configuration files) contain relevant information and where to find those system files.Knowledge of processes for seizing and preserving digital evidence.Experience working in cloud environments, namely Microsoft Azure and Amazon dustry certifications in general technology (e.g. Network+, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, etc.)Industry certifications in cyber security, such as: Security+, CySA+, GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), GIAC Cloud Forensics Responder (GCFR), GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA), GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware Certification (GREM), etc.Experience in Cyber Breach Response, Security Operations Center (SOC), Network Operations Center (NOC), ITCyber Engineering, or Intelligence Community (IC)Our client is a leading Banking Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. 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Created: 2025-02-21