Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst (1595) with ...

Our tradition of delivering innovative, technical solutions dates back to 1995, however, you may know us better by one of our legacy company names: Trident Technologies, Smartronix, Datastrong or C2S Consulting Group. With the support of OceanSound Partners, our private equity investment sponsor, we began operating as one business starting in 2019 and became SMX in 2021. We operate in close proximity to our clients around the globe and have core locations in Alabama, California, DC Metro, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Today, as SMX, we are one team and together empower government and commercial enterprises to become more effective, innovative, and resilient, no matter what challenges they face. SMX is looking for an experienced Senior Cyber Threat Analyst that will analyze multi-source intelligence in response to requirements addressing customer cyber operational needs. As a Senior Cyber Threat Analyst, you will: * Act as a subject matter expert and advise section and squadron leadership in response to RFIs concerning emerging cyber threats, and analysis of network/host-based data * Mentor/instruct junior-level analysts on tool utilization and analysis processes * Respond to a wide range of questions related to cyber espionage, cyber crime, hacktivism, information operations, vulnerabilities, and/or enterprise cyber security questions * Perform research, produce, and brief information in support of crisis or deliberate planning, ongoing operations, situational awareness, and acquisition activities * Employ extensive use of research techniques to develop and deliver technical and Intelligence reports adhering to intelligence community directives and analytic standards * Utilize a variety of open-source and classified intelligence research methods, including, but not limited to, web surfing techniques, Open-Source Center (OSC), and NSA Pulse as data sources. You will fuse intelligence with Customer provided network data to identify potential threats to customer systems. * Design, build, enhance and maintain the advanced analytic applications and algorithms * Enhance existing software by deriving algorithms, adding new capabilities, increasing performance, and improving usability * Translate customer requirements into software design documents * Develop unit and functional tests to satisfy Quality Assurance Tests * Innovate and present Course of Action (COA) options in response to Software Change Requests * Fuse all source reporting (open-source and classified) with network and host-based log analysis to produce intelligence reports detailing cyber threats to the AF network Required Skills and Experience * Clearance Required: Must be able to obtain * BS in Cyber Security, Intelligence Studies, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields * 4+ of experience with open-source malware analysis tools (VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, etc.) and threat frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK matrix, Diamond Model, and Cyber Kill chain. * 3-5 years experience with a combination of intelligence operations, intrusion analysis, cyber threat analysis, or digital forensics * Organizational leadership and mentorship skills to lead a team of junior analysts * Advanced understanding of cyber threat intelligence definitions and concepts * Ability to apply basic threat hunting techniques to pivot for given information to known attack patterns, malicious code families, tracked threat groups and other historical information * Experience training junior and peer analysts in the following: * Performing strategic, tactical, and operational research and analysis of adversarial cyber threats to provide timely, actionable, clear, and concise intelligence products to customers * Researching, analysis, and writing short and long analytic reports in response to customer requirements * Vetting potential frameworks and security solutions for efficacy, usability and the ability to add value * Conducting a high-fidelity investigation into a potential False Positive identified by a security solution * Pivotting through open-source and internal frameworks for related data associated with potentially malicious IOCs, such as IP addresses, URLs, Domains and Hashes * Leveraging open-source and enterprise subscription service APIs * Capable of working in a fast-paced, large-team environment. * An interest in assisting our team and customers develop a threat intelligence capability * Knowledge of AF network architecture and AF cyber defense mission. * Experienced with the following: * Intelligence analysis at tactical, operational, and strategic level * Splunk, ELK stack, log analysis * PCAP analysis * MITRE ATT&CK Framework * Writing technical analysis * Big Data Platform * Tanium. * DoD 8570, IAT Level II certification required. CYSA, CISSP, GCTIA, CCTIA, C|TIA (preferred) cjpost SMX is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, race, color, age, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or genetic information. Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation. SMX is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Vaccination within 60-days of hire, or an approved accommodation, is a requirement of the position per Executive Order 14042 (unless precluded by State law). If a candidate is not vaccinated, they may request an accommodation once offered the position, and the accommodation must be granted prior to the employee starting in the position. Candidate will have 60 days to get vaccinated.

Created: 2025-10-04