Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Nightwing is supporting a customer by delivering intelligence support to customer through proactively identifying, analyzing, and responding to cyber threats to inform the customer’s vulnerability management (VM) efforts. In support of the customer’s strategic direction, Nightwing is looking for motivated individuals who can support the development of new and innovative Cyber Threat Intelligence techniques, to be the tip of the spear for VM’s threat intelligence capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively gather, analyze, and disseminate timely and accurate CTI to support operational decision-making
• Identify emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, trends, and recommend countermeasures
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to mitigate cyber threats
• Improve VM capabilities and knowledge base through training and research
• Ingest and analyze information from various classified and unclassified sources
• Produce written reports summarizing gathered CTI
• Conduct in-person and virtual briefings on vulnerabilities or threat actors
• Identify intelligence gaps, specify collection requirements to fill gaps in information, and evaluate resulting intelligence requirements

Required Skills:

• U.S. Citizenship
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• 2+ years of directly relevant experience
• Good understanding of intelligence analytical methods and sources
• Demonstrated ability to integrate cyber security related data from relevant sources into investigative or analytical products
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplined team
• Must be able to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations
• Must have experience using multiple Intelligence Community database search tools and familiarity with intelligence monitoring, collection, targeting and reporting
• Must have working familiarity with Intelligence Community management of information, classification, dissemination and information and records system
• Must have working familiarity with Open-Source Intelligence sources including the use of scraping tools and darkweb browsers
• Must have sufficient technical knowledge to perform analysis on intelligence information to determine operational priorities

Desired Skills:

• Experience supporting Intelligence and/or DoD Customers
• Experience performing network security or application security
• Excellent verbal and writing skills

Required Education:
BS Intelligence, Cybersecurity or related degree, or High School Diploma and 4 years of directly relevant experience. 

Desired Certifications:

• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• CompTIA’s Security Plus (SEC+)
• Intelligence Analyst Certified (IAC)
• Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (C|TIA)

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.