Sr. Principal Cyber Intelligence Analyst

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and secure technological solutions to enable strategic objectives. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we will support yours by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader.

At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman’s Corporate Sector's Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO) is seeking a Senior Principal Cyber Intelligence Analyst to support its CISO & Global Cybersecurity organization's Intelligence and Response (I&R) team.

The selected candidate will be tasked with a unique cyber mission to provide counterintelligence (CI) and cyber threat protection to Northrop Grumman's intellectual property, networks and sensitive data against a variety of highly skilled adversaries. To accomplish this goal, the I&R team performs daily in-depth analysis of current network and host based threat activity, assesses trends developing in the future, monitors CI portals and liaisons with Defense Industrial Base and government peers to enhance the protection of the Northrop Grumman Managed Network (NGMN).

Currently, I&R is looking for an experienced and highly motivated problem solver to act as a senior level cyber threat analyst to process and mitigate threat activity as part of a high-performing, high-profile team of cybersecurity and CI professionals. Adaptability, creativity, a commitment to mission, self-direction, and strong written/verbal communications skills are essential. The candidate will collaborate daily with various I&R team members and Strategic CI analysts to coordinate a multi-tiered approach to threat mitigation which will result in the denial of current and future adversary actions.

The person chosen for this position will be tasked with identifying and countering sophisticated and varying cybersecurity and cyber threats across the NGMN.

Analytical triage and prioritizations of concurrent cyber events, host and network based log analysis, correlation of network indicators and PCAP data, event timeline generation, and root cause analysis. The incumbent will be required to independently generate customized scripts to facilitate his/her analysis and prepare detailed written analyses of events. Additionally, they will often be required to brief their findings to both technical and non-technical senior management audiences.

• 8 Years of relevant experience with a Bachelors in Science; OR 6 Years with Masters; OR 4 Years with PhD.

• Candidates must have a current U.S. Government Top
  Secret level security clearance, to include SCI access and a recent Polygraph [adjudicated within the last 5 years], in order to be considered.

• Must be able to prepare and analyze data and figures.

• Must have experience with two or more analysis tools used in a CIRT or…