Senior Analyst - Threat Intelligence - OT

CPX; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

CPX is seeking a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst in the United Arab Emirates to monitor and analyze cyber threats targeting OT and ICS environments. The role requires strong analytical and investigative skills, with responsibility for producing intelligence reports, advisories, and strategic assessments.

You will track threat actors, evaluate regional risks to critical infrastructure, and map TTPs to industry frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer information systems or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of experience as cyber threat analyst, threat researcher or intelligence analyst.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyze, and assess OT, ICS, and critical infrastructure cyber threats.
• Track OT-focused threat actors and adversaries affecting industrial sectors.
• Develop actionable threat intelligence reports, advisories, and strategic assessments on OT threats.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Investigative skills

Threat intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer information systems

Tools

Dragos

Nozomi Networks

Claroty

Microsoft Defender for IoT

Armis

Industrial Defender

Job description

At CPX, trust is at the heart of everything we do just because it is essential to every part of our connected digital world. Whether it is enjoying the freedom of a protected internet, secure transactions or safe communications - we protect, transform and nurture today so that all people can flourish with the freedom to achieve their potential tomorrow.

As a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will have strong analytical and investigative skills and be capable of receiving mass data and translate it into bright intelligence findings. You will conduct research and analysis, and will collaborate to author various analytic documents, identifying findings and presenting hypotheses and intelligence gaps and recommendations. The analyst will also review weekly, monthly and on demand reports enabling discussions relating to our mission.

Responsibilities: -

• Monitor, analyze, and assess cyber threats targeting Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and critical infrastructure environments.
• Track and profile OT-focused threat actors, nation‑state groups, ransomware operators, and other adversaries impacting industrial sectors.
• Develop actionable threat intelligence reports, advisories, and strategic assessments on emerging OT threats, vulnerabilities, malware, and attack campaigns.
• Produce detailed regional and sector‑specific threat advisories covering geopolitical developments, threat actor activity, and risks to critical infrastructure organizations.
• Conduct threat analysis leveraging knowledge of the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture, OT network segmentation, and industrial control system environments.
• Analyze attack pathways and adversary techniques associated with IT-to-OT traversal, identifying potential risks to industrial operations and business‑critical assets.
• Research and assess threats impacting industrial technologies, OT communication protocols, and vendor‑specific products deployed across critical infrastructure environments.
• Map adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to industry frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK for IC
• Track and analyze global cybersecurity incidents affecting OT environments, identifying trends, lessons learned, and potential impacts to organizational operations.
• Continuously monitor the evolving OT threat landscape, emerging technologies, and industry developments to enhance organizational threat intelligence capabilities.
• Strong understanding of Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and SCADA environments.
• Knowledge of the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture and OT network segmentation principles.
• Familiarity with common OT/ICS communication protocols and industrial networking concepts.
• Experience analyzing cyber threats targeting OT environments and critical infrastructure organizations.
• Understanding of leading OT vendor technologies, products, and industrial automation ecosystems.
• Ability to assess and identify risks associated with IT-to-OT convergence and attack pathways.
• Experience in developing threat intelligence assessments focused on OT‑specific threat actors, campaigns, and emerging risks.
• Knowledge of OT cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and industry best practices.
• Strong analytical, research, and reporting skills with the ability to communicate complex OT threats to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Hands‑on experience with, or exposure to, OT security and monitoring platforms such as Dragos, Nozomi Networks, Claroty, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Armis, Industrial Defender, or similar OT visibility and threat detection solutions

Education: -

Bachelor’s degree in computer information systems or a related discipline, or equivalent experience

3-5 years' experience working in a cyber threat analyst, threat researcher and/or intelligence analyst.