Full Job Description
Sentar is seeking a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst in Ft. Bragg, NC!
**This position is contingent upon contract award**
**Role Description:**
The Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating actionable cyber threat intelligence to support an Army contract. This role provides intelligence-driven analysis that enhances threat detection, informs Purple Team assessments, prioritizes remediation efforts, and improves the organization's overall cyber defense posture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collect, analyze, and correlate cyber threat intelligence from classified and open-source reporting to identify emerging threats, adversary activity, and attack trends.
- Produce timely intelligence reports, threat assessments, and briefings for supported commanders, Regional Cyber Centers (RCC), ARCYBER, and cybersecurity leadership.
- Provide actionable intelligence to support Blue Team detection engineering, threat hunting, and incident response activities.
- Partner with Purple Team personnel to develop intelligence-driven assessment objectives and adversary emulation scenarios.
- Develop, review, validate, and maintain detection signatures and indicators of compromise (IOCs), ensuring proper syntax, functionality, and minimal false positives before deployment.
- Support continuous improvement of enterprise detection capabilities by reviewing and refining signature content, detection logic, and threat indicators.
- Conduct signature development and testing within isolated environments prior to production implementation.
- Track adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and provide recommendations to strengthen defensive capabilities.
- Maintain awareness of emerging cyber threats and communicate relevant intelligence to stakeholders across the cybersecurity enterprise.
**Qualifications:**
**Clearance Level:** Secret
**Education: **N/A
**Experience: **
- 5+ years experience performing Cyber Threat Intelligence analysis within a DoD, Intelligence Community, or federal cybersecurity environment.
- Strong understanding of nation-state and advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, malware analysis, and cyber threat reporting.
- Experience with threat intelligence platforms, SIEM technologies, detection engineering, and indicator management.
- Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, STIX/TAXII, and common threat intelligence methodologies.
- Experience developing or validating detection signatures, YARA rules, Snort/Suricata signatures, or SIEM detection content is preferred.
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills with experience producing executive and technical intelligence products.
**Benefits at Sentar: **
Our unique employee ownership model attracts top talent, giving employees the freedom to take initiative and drive meaningful improvements. In addition to cultivating a thriving and inclusive work environment, Sentar offers an extensive benefits package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families. Employee ownership is the foundation of our culture, promoting participation, teamwork, and accountability while ensuring long-term financial security and a commitment to excellence.
- Voluntary Medical, Dental, Vision, with Flexible Spending Plan options
- Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, Accident, and Long Term Care insurance options
- Group Term Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability is provided by Sentar to all qualifying employees
- Generous 401(k) match
- Competitive PTO plan that graduates quickly with years of service
- Other leave programs; holiday schedule along with bereavement, maternity, jury and military duty
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development reimbursement
- Recognition and Awards programs
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