Cyber Threat Intelligence CTI SME Team Lead

Everforth ECS is seeking a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) SME (Team Lead) to join our team in Arlington, VA (Hybrid). This position is contingent upon award.

ECS is seeking a CTI SME (Team Lead) to lead a specialized cyber threat collection and analytics capability within Threat Branch in support of our National Security client. The scope of the program includes designing, implementing, and operating a tailored collection and analytics framework to convert diverse external datasets into precise, actionable leads for Proactive Threat Hunting (PHB) and Incident Response (IRB) teams. This position is located in Ballston, VA (Arlington) with the option for routine remote work. In this role, you will lead a highly technical team of threat analysts and engineers delivering advanced threat intelligence, tracking priority PRC adversaries, and deploying automation-first analytics pipelines.

We are seeking an accomplished, dynamic, and hands-on CTI leader with experience managing technical threat intelligence capabilities in a fast-paced environment. The role requires strong technical authority and leadership to establish a unified intake-to-execution workflow that gives stakeholders visibility into intelligence requests, analytics outputs, and service delivery validated against operational needs. Your ability to build high-confidence behavioral fingerprints, map procedure-level actor behaviors to MITRE ATT&CK, and correlate disparate telemetry datasets will be critical to your success.

Salary Range: $165,000 - $185,000

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