Defensive Security Analyst

Washington, D.C.Full-TimeMid-levelAnalyst

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Core Responsibilities

  • Build, run, and own infrastructure and automation to detect, contain, and eradicate security threats.
  • Develop alerting and detection strategies to identify malicious or anomalous behavior.
  • Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.
  • Develop new and novel defensive techniques to identify or counteract changes in adversary techniques and tactics.
  • Dissect network, host, memory, and other artifacts originating from multiple operating systems and applications.
  • Perform enterprise-wide operations to uncover sophisticated and undetected threats.
  • Partner closely with other members of the Information Security team to lead changes in the company's network defense posture.
  • Provide expertise in a supporting capacity for incident response activities and digital forensics state preservation, including the capture and preservation of system logs, volatile memory captures, and hard drive (physical or virtual) image captures.
  • Conduct host forensics, network, forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of hunt operations.
  • Interface with client contact(s) and staff in a constructive and professional manner.
  • Utilize common forensic and incident response tools.

What We Value

  • Knowledge of operating and maintaining a SIEM.
  • Knowledge of cloud architectures, particularly AWS.
  • Experience in penetration testing.
  • Ability to quickly learn new technologies and have an ongoing desire to stay current with the latest technologies.
  • Ability to train others on the use of forensic and incident response techniques and tools.

What We Require

  • TS/SCI Clearance.
  • Established experience in operating in SOC environment, either through relevant experience or qualifications.
  • Experience with programming or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash.

Job Summary

CompanyPalantir
LocationWashington, D.C.
TypeFull-Time
LevelMid-level
DomainAnalyst