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Job Description:
The core responsibility of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst is to proactively identify, analyze, and counteract sophisticated cyber threats, including social engineering, advanced persistent threats (APTs), and cyber-attack campaigns. This role involves conducting deep research and leveraging threat intelligence platforms, collaborating with data scientists, researchers, investigators, engineers, and both internal and external partners to develop actionable intelligence, enhance the organization’s security posture, and inform strategic decision-making. This person will own the Cyber Threat Operations Center (CTOC) Threat Intelligence processes and procedures. This role may include the need to work outside of core hours on high priority investigations and may also include on-call responsibilities.
Responsibilities include:
Threat Identification and Analysis:
Proactively identify and analyze attacker campaigns and techniques that evade protection systems
Conduct in-depth research on emerging threats and vulnerabilities
Intelligence Production:
Produce actionable intelligence on the attack landscape that drives durable protection enhancements into products, services, processes, and infrastructure
Detection Method Prototyping:
Prototype new detection methods and experiment with new data sources, tools, and methods for proactively identifying and monitoring attacker campaigns and changes in the attack landscape
Threat Modeling:
Conduct threat modeling to anticipate and mitigate potential attack vectors, using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE, or similar
Collaboration:
Collaborate with data scientists, threat hunters, investigators, engineers, and both internal and external stakeholders to share actionable curated intelligence and drive impact
Process Improvement:
Develop and implement updates to CTOC Threat Intelligence processes, procedures, and tools
Publish intelligence on TTPs and campaigns
Exercise Support:
Provide support to SOC exercises (Red, Purple Team, TTXs) operations to test and improve incident response and security posture by supplying intelligence on potential targets, attack vectors, and adversary TTPs
Incident Response:
Provide threat intelligence support during incident response and investigation actions
Training and Mentorship:
Provide mentorship and training on threat intelligence best practices and tools
Report Writing and Briefing:
Prepare detailed intelligence reports and briefings for various stakeholders, including executive leadership, to communicate findings, trends, and recommendations effectively
Here's what you need:
Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years of experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence Security Operations, Cyber Incident Response, or Cyber Threat Hunting, OR 5-8 years of hands-on experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, Cyber Incident Response, or Cyber Threat Hunting
DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 or DoD 8140 compliant certification
Must obtain Microsoft SC-200 within (6) months of hire
Proficiency in using Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs) and SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel,…