Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant (16621)
The Baer Group

Job Info

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Baer is looking for Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant for a 6+ month remote project.

Title: Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant
Location: Remote with occasional travel possible (Chicago Area)
Duration: 6 months
Rate: Hourly Plus Expenses Reimbursed
Alignment: W2 or C2C

Description:

• Collect, analyze, and disseminate actionable threat intelligence from open sources, private feeds, and internal telemetry to support the organization's security objectives.
• Track threat actor activity, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to assess potential risks and vulnerabilities to the organization.
• Develop and maintain detailed threat intelligence reports, including analysis of relevant threat actors, CVEs, exploits, and malware, ensuring timely and actionable insights.
• Conduct proactive threat hunts to identify potential malicious activity within the organization's environment and respond accordingly.
• Develop and execute hypotheses based on threat intelligence, behavioral analytics, and organizational risk to continuously improve detection and response strategies.
• Utilize advanced security tools, including EDR/XDR, SIEM, SOAR, and threat intelligence platforms (TIPs), to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) and correlate data for better security outcomes.
• Design, deploy, and manage technologies that support Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), threat hunting, and purple team initiatives, such as MISP, OpenCTI, Vectr.io, and ServiceNow.
• Develop integrations between threat intelligence tools to enhance workflows, streamline processes, and improve overall operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with security, IT, and other teams to strengthen monitoring, detection, and incident response capabilities.
• Create and optimize security use cases, rules, and dashboards for continuous monitoring and quick identification of anomalies or threats.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity roles, specifically in threat intelligence, threat hunting, or security engineering.
• Hands-on experience with security tools such as Splunk, ELK Stack, ThreatConnect, MISP, Anomali, or other threat intelligence platforms.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for task automation and workflow optimization.
• Deep understanding of TTPs, the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and IOC analysis.
• Familiarity with vulnerability management processes and patching prioritization.
• Occasional travel required for issues, training, or system requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Company Overview:

Baer is an Enterprise Performance Partner providing job opportunities with several 1st Tier Global Systems Integrators and a wide array of Fortune 1000 clients. Baer consultants and employees enjoy access to the highest profile job opportunities across leading Enterprise Technology Solutions ranging from Digital Transformation programs utilizing the latest technologies from SAP and Oracle to a wide range of emerging Cloud based infrastructure, application and AI related solutions.

At Baer we aim to provide a best-in-class engagement experience for our consultants. Our job requirements are carefully vetted and are typically associated with pivotal programs offering tremendous opportunities to expand your skills leveraging the latest solutions.

Baer is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

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