Threat Intelligence Lead

DaParrot Ltd; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Learning budget

Annual leave

Employee assistance programme

Travel opportunities

Travel upgrades for events

Zusammenfassung

Canonical is seeking a Threat Intelligence Lead to own the threat intelligence strategy and execution. You will study threat actors targeting software supply chains, coordinate with engineering teams, and publish findings to help detect and mitigate threats.

The role requires experience in OSINT, strong communication, and the ability to travel for company events. You will contribute to Canonical’s stance as a thought leader in open source threat intelligence.

Qualifikationen

• An experienced threat intelligence leader (or similar).
• Knowledgeable about open source threat landscape and networking concepts.
• Proficient with OSINT tools such as Maltego, Shodan and Buscador.
• Able to identify and track adversary tradecraft trends with incomplete data.
• Experience using threat intelligence to influence architecture or product decisions.
• Excellent communicator and able to tailor content for diverse audiences.
• Willing to travel twice a year for company events (up to two weeks).

Aufgaben

• Build and own Canonical’s threat intelligence strategy.
• Develop OSINT environments and tradecraft.
• Identify and track targeted intrusion threats by actors through data analysis.
• Collaborate across teams to inform on activity of interest.
• Coordinate adversary/campaign tracking and brief executives.
• Contribute to the wider threat intelligence community and thought leadership.
• Explain cybersecurity threats to product and engineering teams and advise on mitigations.
• Support OPSEC/IS teams to implement security controls.
• Identify gaps and propose new tools/research projects.
• Brief internal stakeholders and external customers.

Kenntnisse

Threat intelligence leadership

OSINT tools

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical thinking

Willing to travel

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Maltego

Shodan

Buscador

OSINT VM

OSINT Framework

Jobbeschreibung

The Threat Intelligence Lead will own Canonical’s threat intelligence strategy and execution, including understanding of which cyber threat actors are targeting Canonical, and the use of intelligence on Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) to better our products and internal cybersecurity controls. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders as well as with the wider cybersecurity community, making sure that Canonical is recognised as a thought leader on open source threat intelligence. This role will report to the CISO. You will lead intelligence gathering and development activities on threat actors targeting software supply chains. You’ll study attack trends across the wider open source software landscape, report findings to internal security teams, and advise the wider engineering community on the best course of action to detect and mitigate possible threats. As the publisher of Ubuntu, Canonical products are directly or indirectly present in almost every organisation and household in the world, making them a prime target for threat actors. This team’s mission is to help Canonical, and by extension countless community members and companies around the world, secure their software infrastructure.

What you’ll do in this role

• Build and own Canonical’s threat intelligence strategy
• Build and maintain OSINT research environments
• Develop OSINT tradecraft, principals, and techniques
• Identify and track targeted intrusion cyber threats, trends, and new developments by cyber threat actors through analysis of proprietary and open source datasets
• Collaborate across teams to inform on activity of interest
• Coordinate adversary/campaign tracking
• Contribute to the wider threat intelligence community, establishing Canonical as a key contributor and thought leader in the space
• Work with product and engineering teams to explain cybersecurity threats and advise on mitigation strategies
• Work with the OPSEC and IS team to help implement/update security controls prioritising cyber defence
• Identify intelligence gaps and propose new tools and research projects to fill them
• Conduct briefings for executives, internal stakeholders and external customers

The successful Threat Intelligence Lead will be

• An experienced threat intelligence leader (or similar)
• Knowledgeable about the current open source threat landscape and computer networking/infrastructure concepts
• Highly competent with OSINT tools (e.g., Buscador, Trace Labs OSINT VM, OSINT Framework, Maltego, Shodan, social media scraping tools, etc.)
• Able to identify, organise, catalogue, and track adversary tradecraft trends — often with incomplete data
• Experienced using threat intelligence data to influence enterprise architecture or product development decisions
• An excellent communicator with the ability to clearly articulate and tailor technical content to a variety of audiences
• Able to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Desired Characteristics

• A professional portfolio of OSINT related scripts, tools, or frameworks
• Demonstrated involvement in the larger OSINT community (please share relevant links)
• Degree qualified, with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or a related field
• Certifications in related areas (e.g. GOSI, SANS SEC487 & SEC587, IntelTechniques OSIP, etc)
• Experience in a tech company or government/military signal intelligence departments

What we offer you

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.