Required Education/Experience

BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 8 years of prior relevant experience with a focus on cyber security or Masters with 6 years of prior relevant experience. Should have 5 years of experience serving as a digital media Primary Responsibilities Identify gaps in malicious activity detection capabilities

Create new signatures / rules to improve detection of malicious activity

Test and tune existing signatures / rules to ensure low rate of false positives

Assist in playbook development for alert triage and Incident Response

Define and implement alert and threat detection metrics, statistics, and analytics

Recommend new tools/technologies to improve network visibility

Support Incident Response and Forensic operations as required to include static/dynamic malware analysis and reverse engineering

Author and maintain scripts for threat detection and automation Basic Qualifications

The Cyber Threat Detection Engineer SME shall have the following qualifications: In-depth knowledge of Firewalls/Proxies/Intrusion Detection Systems/ Domain Name Servers/DHCP/VPN and other network technologies and tools

Experience updating, maintaining, and creating IDS variables within a complex enterprise network

Expert in creating, modifying, tuning IDS signatures/SIEM Correlation Searches/yara rules and/or other detection signatures

Familiarity with disk based forensic methodologies, Windows, and Linux forensic artifacts

Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools such as Carbon Black, Tanium, Crowdstrike, etc

Able to create, modify, update, and maintain Python and Powershell scripts that enhance endpoint detection capabilities

In-depth knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures

Author, test, and maintain automation scripts within SOAR platform The candidate must currently possess a Secret Clearance. In addition to clearance requirement, all CBP personnel must have a current or be able to favorably pass a 5 year background investigation (BI). BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 8 years of prior relevant experience with a focus on cyber security or Masters with 6 years of prior relevant experience.

Should have 5 years of experience serving as a digital media analyst or as a computer forensic analyst.

Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated Requirement Certifications

CCFP – Certified Cyber Forensics Professional

CHFI – Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator

CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security

ECSA – EC-Council Certified Security Analyst

EnCE

GCFA – Forensic Analyst

GCFE – Forensic Examiner

GCIH – Incident Handler

GISF – Security Fundamentals

GREM – Reverse Engineering Malware

GXPN – Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester

LPT – Licensed Penetration Tester

OSCE (Certified Expert)

OSCP (Certified Professional)

OSEE (Exploitation Expert)

OSWP (Wireless Professional)

CIRC

FIWE

WFE-E-CI

FTK-WFE-FTK Preferred Qualifications

One of the following certifications:

SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)

SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)

SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA)

Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)