Threat Hunting Investigator (TS/SCI)

Existing or previous Government Security Clearance is required with ability to obtain TS/SCI.

Work must be completed onsite in a secure space at our RTP office. No Hybrid or Remote.

Meet the Team

Cisco's Security Visibility and Incident Command (SVIC) forms part of the investigative branch of Cisco's Security and Trust Organization (S&TO) and is Cisco's cyber investigations and forensics team. It provides Cisco with tailored security monitoring services in order to protect Cisco from cyber-attacks and the loss of its intellectual assets. The primary mission of SVIC is to help ensure company, system, and data preservation by performing comprehensive investigations into computer security incidents, and to give to the prevention of such incidents by engaging in dedicated threat assessment, mitigation planning, incident trend analysis, and security architecture review.

The SVIC is a highly-functioning, diverse, and globally distributed group of best-in-class professionals from various technical backgrounds. We're Open-Source Software contributors, technical authors, tool builders, DFIR community members, lock pickers, makers, and breakers.

Your Impact

SVIC is looking for an experienced security professional to join the Computer Security Incident Response Team. This is an opportunity to contribute to a highly transparent security operations function with global impact upon Cisco, its diversified business, business units, service ventures, partners, and customers. We are looking for a motivated individual with good team fit and the ability to focus on data security and incident analysis. You have a very strong interest in complex problem solving, ability to challenge assumptions, consider alternative perspectives, nimble thinking and perform in high-stress situations, while operating exceedingly well in a strong, tight-knit, collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities Include

• Document cases, procedures, analysis, and investigations accurately and thoroughly (including best-practice documentation).
• Assist with setup and tuning of multiple security monitoring products and data feeds
• Collaborate with data source SMEs in SVIC and InfoSec to enhance, improve, or modify cloud (IaaS, SaaS, etc) based security detection and response.
• Update, modify, and enhance existing programs used for security detection and response.
• Develop documentation on all custom solutions.
• Identify attackers and their methods but also use your IT and networking expertise to improve detection logic.
• Occasional travel (<10%)

Attack Analysis

• Attacker Tools, TTPs
• Log Analysis (System, Firewall, Application

Cyber Threat Intelligence

• Threat Hunting
• Intelligence Analysis
• Attacker Methodology
• Industry Peer Collaboration & Information Sharing

Incident/Investigations Handling

• CyberSecurity Impact Assessment
• CyberSecurity Problem Management
• Automation/SOAR
• Root Cause ID / LTF

Minimum Qualifications

• 4 + years of Cybersecurity or IT security related work experience.
• Python scripting/coding experience
• Experience with any three or more of the following tools: Splunk, CSE(AMP4E), Network AMP, WSA, Firepower IPS, NGFW, ESA, CTA, Threat-Grid, Secure Network Analytics (formerly Stealthwatch), Umbrella, SecureX, OSQuery, Threat-Quotient, MISP, Recorded-Future, Volatility, Powershell, Wireshark, Encase, Tableau, TheHive
• Must have Experience with Log Analysis (System, Firewall, Application)

Preferred Qualifications

• Good technical skills in a variety of operating system, languages, and databases
• Experience with - Go, Java, JavaScript, SQL, MySQL, STIX/TAXII AND/OR MITRE ATT&CK
• Certifications GSEC, GCIA, GISF, GCED, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, GCTI, GASF, GCEH, CISSP, CCSP OR SSCP
• Cloud experience with AWS or Azure.
• Agility and willingness to deal with a high level of ambiguity and change
• Flexibility - willingness to pitch in where needed across program and team