Cyber Security Analyst – Lead

Job Title : Cyber Security Analyst – Lead

Job Location : Atlanta, GA

Job Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Cyber Hunt & Respond Specialist is an experienced, after-hours role within the 24/7 Cyber Fusion Center. This position has two core functions: proactive Threat Hunting and reactive Incident Response coverage.

Threat Hunting involves searching through large, diverse sets of internal and external data to discover previously undetected threats. This role is creative and responsible for developing new hypotheses on how adversaries may be attacking the organization and validating those hypotheses using available data.

As a proactive role, the Specialist is expected to be highly collaborative, extroverted, and eager to engage with partner teams across the enterprise. Building strong relationships and maintaining open lines of communication are essential to uncovering threat patterns, sharing insights, and scaling hunt capabilities.

Creativity is the key skillset that differentiates this Threat Hunter from other cyber roles. The ability to think like an adversary, construct novel detection hypotheses, and explore unconventional data paths is central to success in this position.

Must Have Skills/Prior Experiences:

1. As skilled cyber analysts, individuals in this role must be well-versed in log, packet, network, endpoint, root cause analysis, containment, and eradication.
2. A programming, computer science, engineering, or data science background will be important to success in this role as unstructured data will need automated decisions made and other data reduction techniques applied. Depending on the candidate, the role will likely start with basic searches and visualizations but may ramp-up to leveraging Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence tools. Familiarity with programming and malicious code critical to success in this role.
3. Must have a strong knowledge of windows internals to effectively respond to and eradicate advanced attacks. This role must advocate for the organization’s threat hunting efforts. The ability to quickly identify nefarious artifacts versus benign activity will be a key skill for this position. Cyber & Respond Engineers will be asked to consult on a variety of problems (technical and non-technical) within the team and larger organization.

Nice to have skills:

Industry certifications in general technology (e.g. Network+, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, MS Azure Fundamentals, etc.)

Industry certifications in cyber security, such as: Security+, CySA+, GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), GIAC Cloud Forensics Responder (GCFR), GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA), GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware Certification (GREM), etc.

Experience in Cyber Breach Response, Security Operations Center (SOC), Network Operations Center (NOC), IT/Cyber Engineering, or Intelligence Community (IC)

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian’s platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

Dexian’s brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.