Advanced Cybersecurity Analytics

Overview

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an Advanced Cyber Analyst on a contract providing Network and Cybersecurity services supporting an Intelligence Community customer. All the personnel on the team will work together to support transport and cybersecurity information technology (IT) services on multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, inclusive of new facilities and building constructions to support the IC mission.

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes trends and patterns of data on networks to identify and predict previously undiscovered events and incidents, and develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts as needed.
• Coordinates with Defensive Cyber Operations and Focused Operations to develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts.
• Coordinates with other Cybersecurity Operations Services to investigate and obtain information about potential sources of compromise on enterprise systems, and develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts as needed.
• Correlates and analyzes precursors to incidents, and develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts as needed.
• Collaborates with the Cyber Data Analytics team to achieve SIEM alert efficiency though evaluation of valid alerts and false positives, and develop or tune rules/signatures/scripts as needed.
• Works with the Cyber Incident Response Team by assessing ongoing incident activity to predict adversary responses and locations of compromise to assist with triage.
• Documents all work in the authorized ticketing system with a sufficient level of detail to ensure all stakeholders can systematically reconstruct the analysis.
• Provides input to reoccurring meetings and briefings as required.

Qualifications

Clearance Required: TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly.

Degree and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of related advanced cyber security analytics work experience.

Required Certifications:

• Must have a certification that is compliant with DoD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level III and CSSP Analyst.

Required Skills:

• Experience with data mining or building queries in a SIEM.
• Strong understanding of signature development and tuning.
• Strong understanding of network protocols and analysis with protocol analyzers.
• Knowledge of static file signatures, i.e. "magic numbers" and how it applies to developing countermeasures for files in transit and that reside locally on a host.
• Good working knowledge of regular expressions.

Desired Skills:

• Comfortable in a hex editor.
• Ability to write python/bash/powershell scripts.
• Ability to analyze each use case, as it pertains to detection logic, and identify the corresponding capability.
• Good understanding of Purple Team Tactics.
• Familiarity with security in a cloud environment and how it applies to visibility gaps, data lakes and data mining.

About Abile Group, Inc.

Abile Group, founded in July 2004 to support the Intelligence Community and its contractors across Enterprise Analytics, IT & Systems Engineering, and Program & Project Management, merged with Valiant Solutions in January 2026 - an established provider of cybersecurity technologies and services for Federal Agencies since 2005. Together, this partnership creates a stronger, more integrated cybersecurity organization with expanded opportunities for employees, deeper technical collaboration, and a unified mission. With significant experience serving the Federal Government, we remain dedicated to our employees and clients and seek high‑performing professionals who excel at providing guidance, developing solutions, and delivering implementation support that blends industry best practices with client expertise and Abile’s broad technical capabilities.

Hiring Statement

Abile is committed to hiring the most qualified and best fit person for the job - always has, always will. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email careers@abilegroup.com with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.

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