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Cyber Threat Hunting Analyst

  • Location: Fort Worth, 76155
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted about 1 year ago

Leverage the latest technology to solve business problems in a collaborative environment at this Fortune 500 transportation giant. Top technical resources are retained on long term contract engagements.

Position: Cyber Threat Hunting Analyst
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Term: Long term contract
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

What You'll Do:
  • Hunting for cyber threats and anomalies within an environment.
    • Delivering analysis reports and incident assessments.
    • Conducting cyber security logging assessments.
    • Conducting research and presenting threat briefings.
  • Collaborate across the organization to help mitigate and detect Advanced Persistent Threats.
  • Develop analysis processes and help drive cyber security initiatives.

What You'll Need:
  • Trustworthy, good communicator, collaborative, dependable, and driven personality
  • Bachelors degree in information security or related discipline or the equivalent of five (5) years or more in the industry as job experience
  • Three (3) or more years of significant Cyber Threat Hunting experience
  • Prior cyber experience in three (3) or more of the following:
    • Threat response
    • Intrusion analysis
    • Endpoint incident response (MAC, Linux, and/or Windows)
    • Malware analysis
    • Penetration testing
    • Threat hunting
    • Strong knowledge of forensic techniques
  • Experience with EDR tools and analysis.
  • Skilled in event analysis leveraging Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools (ie Securonix).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven ability to convey extremely technical concepts to audiences with varying technical prowess.
  • Solid understanding of MITRE ATT&CK techniques / sub-techniques and ability to articulate hunting analysis to audiences.
  • A zeal for tailoring communication to a wide range of stakeholders from Security Analysts to CIOs.
  • Programing/Scripting skills (Python preferred)

Candidates will be responsible for following the client's COVID-19 protocols. Please refer to your MATRIX representative for specifics.

About Us

At MATRIX, we expertly match talented professionals with job opportunities to elevate careers. Since 1983, we have placed thousands of professionals at innovative clients across every industry ranging from small startups to Fortune 50 companies. It’s why we’re a top 15 U.S. IT staffing firm and why our consultants rate us well above the industry average. People come to us for a job, and stay with us because of our top-notch consultant care.

For hourly W2 contract roles, MATRIX offers a highly competitive benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, HSA, and 401(k) with pre and post-tax options. Please see https://www.matrixres.com/consultants-overview/benefits-and-payroll for more information. For direct hire placement with our clients, benefits will be offered in accordance with that particular client’s offerings. This may include PTO, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and other pre and post-tax options.

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.