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Cyber Security Engineer / Threat Hunter
 Quadrant, Inc. | |
 United States, Virginia, McLean | |
 Apr 03, 2026 | |
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Cyber Security Engineer / Threat Hunter McLean, VA / Hybrid Pay from : $135,000/yr MUST: Experienced Security Engineer / Threat Hunter 6+ years of professional experience in cyber security and information assurance 2+ years of hands-on experience working in Threat Hunter capacity Strong hands-on experience with vulnerability management and remediation Strong hands on experience with security tools Tenable, Splunk and BigFix Strong understanding of ITAM to help bridge the gap between security vulnerability detection and IT operations remediation Knowledge and understanding of integrating the security lifecycle into the system development lifecycle (SDLC) Experience with policy creation, best business practices, and general Cybersecurity governance Candidate will have experience in designing and implementing security requirements into products and systems Experience in RMF Assess and Authorize (A&A) and Cybersecurity inspection actions Experience serving as Information System Security Manager, Representative (ISSM-R) Familiar with Government Standards such as DISA STIGs, NIST 800 Must have strong verbal and written communication skills Able to communicate well with senior Development team and client Relevant certifications are a plus Bachelor's Degree in related field strongly desired DUTIES : The ideal candidate will provide data analysis to determine if there was risk of incident This candidate will proactively search for security incidents patterns, trends that would not normally be detected through automated alerting The Threat Hunt mission is to explore datasets across the judicial fabric to identify unique anomalies that may be indicative of threat actor activity based on the assumption that the adversary is already present in the judicial fabric Using Tenable Splunk and ITAM this candidate will collect and analyze data from systems to identify potential or current compromised systems and report back to the team The extended mission is to conduct counterintelligence, build threat actor dossiers, disrupt adversary operations, identify misconfigurations/ vulnerabilities, and identify visibility/detection gaps, if any Participate in team led after action reviews of incidents to find data correlations Use data from technical requests through the ticketing system for threat hunt support Threat hunt targets include cloud-based and non-cloud-based applications such as: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft O365, Microsoft Active Directory, and Cloud Access Security Brokers (i.e., Zscaler) Review open-source intelligence about threat actors when developing hunt hypotheses Plan, conduct, and document iterative, hypothesis based, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) hunts utilizing the agile scrum project management methodology At the conclusion of each hunt, propose, discuss, and document custom searches for automated detection of threat actor activity based on the hunt hypothesis Track and document cyber defense incidents from initial detection through final resolution Triage malware events to identify the root cause of specific activity Attend daily Agile Scrum standups and report progress on assigned Jira stories Quadrant is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability. "Healthcare benefits are offered to all eligible employees according to compliance mandated by the Affordable Care Act". | |