Cyber Threat Analyst

# Cyber Threat AnalystGDIT  
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Security Engineering

Location:

Remote Salary:
$96,569 – $130,651

Clearance:
Public Trust## Quality of life

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* Paid parental leave
* Retirement match

Type of

Requisition :

Pipeline Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None Public Trust/Other

Required:

MBI (T2)
Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Information Assurance, Security Operations, Security Technologies

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience US Citizenship

Required:

No

Job 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, Super Intelligence, and the 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. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

Key Responsibilities:

Build automation/SI integration workflows to improve detection and response

Integrate and optimize security technologies into a cohesive detection architecture

Translate operational security needs into technical specifications and implementations

Execute testing, evaluation, and validation of detections & automation workflows

Analyze telemetry for anomalies, trends, detection gaps Recommend and implement detection enhancements

Create and maintain documentation, SOPs, runbooks (job function, not requirement)
Coordinate with SOC, threat intelligence, and incident response teams

Research and assess emerging security and SI/ML capabilities to enhance detection

Support USPS CISO Detection & Automation Engineering program

Design, implement, and maintain automated/SI-enabled detection and integration capabilities

Strengthen threat detection and response

Collaborate with operations, intelligence, and incident response stakeholders WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other IT/security related major; or equivalent experience

NOTE:

If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.

Required 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

Essential Technical Knowledge Areas:

SOAR Tools:
Sentinel One, Sentinel One Hyper automation, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk SOARSuper 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, Power Shell, Bash)
API integration and development

Detection engineering methodologies

Security automation and orchestration concepts

Malware analysis, digital…