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Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst - CTJ - Top Secret

United States, Virginia, RestonFull-time2026-10-13 → 2026-11-11
Security clearance required

Core

Discovering and analyzing attacker activity across on-premises and cloud environments to enable proactive defense and customer notification before incidents occur.

Role type

Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst

Builds

Proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Threat Intelligence

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Threat analysis, Malware analysis, Reverse engineering, SQL/KQL query workflows, Endpoint forensics, Cloud forensics, SIEM log analysis, Vulnerability research, Anomaly detection, Scripting for automation, Strategic/Operational/Tactical intelligence writing, Collection requirements development, Source reliability assessment.

Preferred skills

Detection engineering, Large-scale computing experience.

Technologies

SQL, Kusto Query Language (KQL), Splunk, Humio, Kibana, SIEM tools.

Responsibilities

Analyze attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments, Build threat hunting tools and automations, Convey threat intelligence learnings to engineering teams, Distill adversary signal from large-scale suspicious activity, Develop detections for attacker methods, Produce strategic, operational, and tactical threat intelligence reports.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight