Cyber Threat Analyst

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: 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

Frameworks, Standards & Compliance Expectations:

• NIST SP 800-53 Security Controls
• CIS Controls
• MITRE ATT&CK Framework
• CISA NICE Framework, ISO 27001/27002, FISMA, FedRAMP, OMB Circulars and Federal Cybersecurity Directives, Privacy Act

Certification Requirements:

• CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent baseline)
• One of: GCIA, GCIH, or CompTIA CySA+
• Programming/scripting certification or demonstrated proficiency (Python, PowerShell, similar)

Preferred:

• CISSP or GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
• CompTIA SecAI+
• GMON (or similar continuous monitoring/detection-focused certification)

Security Clearance Level:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting.
• This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows:
  • U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions).
  • Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

Location:

• Remote
• Morrisville, NC
• Falls Church, VA
• Eagan, MN

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The likely salary range for this position is $96,569 - $130,651. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

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