Threat Intel Lead (Cybersecurity)

Location: Sterling, VA, United States

Salary: $122,000–$253,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides cyber, data operations, systems integration, intelligence mission support, vulnerability research, cyber defense, and software modernization services to government, defense, civil, commercial, and intelligence community customers.

What you will do

• Lead a four-person cyber threat intelligence team analyzing emerging vulnerabilities and adversary campaigns.
• Translate executive directives and policy into analytic priorities and intelligence collection requirements.
• Oversee the quality of intelligence products, presentations, operational summaries, and adversary campaign assessments.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects and integrate technical data and enriched indicators of compromise into adversary assessments.
• Assess vulnerability risks across federal agencies and critical infrastructure, develop mitigation plans, and coordinate with threat hunting teams.
• Present actionable findings and technical recommendations to cyber practitioners, Federal Staff, industry stakeholders, and Senior Executive Service leadership.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship, an active TS/SCI clearance, and the ability to obtain DHS Suitability are required.
• At least four years of experience producing analytic products such as reports, briefings, or dashboards based on real-world threats, incidents, or vulnerabilities.
• Experience assessing adversary campaigns, capabilities, motivations, and tactics, techniques, and procedures for operational and strategic intelligence products.
• Experience evaluating vulnerabilities, exposure, exploitability, adversary use, and potential consequences for federal agencies and critical infrastructure.
• Experience correlating indicators of compromise with technical, open source, commercial, and classified reporting.
• Experience using attack surface management tools or red-team assessments.
• Demonstrated team leadership, mentoring, analyst training, and training-pipeline development experience.
• Experience directing cyber threat intelligence research into reports, presentations, and assessments across varied technology stacks.
• Knowledge of system and application security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation approaches.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, establish priorities and delivery schedules amid uncertain timelines, and set quality assurance criteria.
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or 10+ years of cyber incident management or cybersecurity experience with a high school diploma.

Nice to have

• Experience with OT, ICS, or SCADA technologies and related vulnerabilities and adversary threats.
• Critical infrastructure experience.
• Experience with ransomware actors, access brokers, dark web forums, or negotiations.
• Experience with emerging threats involving space systems, AI, or quantum computing.
• Ability to clean, normalize, enrich, and analyze large datasets with inconsistent formats and schemas.
• Experience with SharePoint, ServiceNow, Microsoft Teams Automation, Shodan, Censys, GTI, CrowdStrike, DataBricks, Power BI, Analyst1, OpenCTI, BitSight, or Cortex Expanse.
• CISM, CISSP, GCTI, GCED, GOSI, CTIA, or CySA+ certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• 401(k) plan, paid time off, and holidays.
• Additional insurance coverage.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employment practices.