Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Aviva; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 10% of annual salary

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday + BH

Private Medical Benefit

Aviva product discounts

Share plan eligibility

Volunteer days

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Aviva is seeking a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst in the UK to investigate threats, assess relevance to Aviva, and deliver intelligence that supports decision-making across cyber security teams. You’ll work closely with Security Operations, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Threat Hunting and Cyber Engineering to turn intelligence into action.

The role emphasizes translating complex threat information into prioritized actions, collaborating with technical teams, and

Qualifications

• CTI experience leading requirements-led research and producing defensible assessments.
• Ability to translate threat intel into prioritized actions with measurable outcomes.
• Experience collaborating with security operations, incident response and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Investigate threats and assess relevance to Aviva.
• Deliver actionable intelligence to inform decisions across cyber security teams.
• Turn intelligence into prioritized investigations, hunts or detections and defensive improvements.

Skills

CTI experience

Threat actor knowledge

MITRE ATT&CK

Threat modelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Cyber threat intel tools

Job description

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Salary: Circa £60K

Location: Bristol, Norwich or York

This is a great job for someone who

Has strong Cyber Threat Intelligence experience and enjoys turning threat information into practical action.

You might currently work in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Incident Response, Detection Engineering or Security Operations and be looking for an opportunity to help shape how threat intelligence supports cyber defence across a large organisation.

A bit about the job

Our Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team helps Aviva stay ahead of emerging cyber threats. As a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, you’ll investigate threats, assess their relevance to Aviva and deliver intelligence that supports better decision making across our cyber security teams.

Working closely with Security Operations, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Threat Hunting and Cyber Engineering teams, you’ll help turn intelligence into action. From supporting investigations and strengthening detection capabilities to reducing cyber risk, your work will help protect our customers, colleagues and business every day.

Skills and experience we're looking for

• Sufficient CTI experience to support; independently leading requirements-led research and analysis, producing defensible assessments, and translating organisationally relevant intelligence into prioritised decisions and actions with demonstrable defensive or risk outcomes.
• Strong understanding of threat actors, motivations, campaigns and TTPs, with the ability to select and apply appropriate behavioural, intrusion-analysis and threat-modelling approaches, such as MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model or Cyber Kill Chain.
• Proven experience partnering with cyber‑defence and control‑testing teams to turn intelligence into prioritised investigations, hunt or detection opportunities, remediation decisions and defensive improvements.
• Ability to evaluate and synthesise multiple sources, apply structured analytical techniques, distinguish fact from assumption, express likelihood and confidence, and communicate evidence‑based assessments and recommendations to technical and non‑technical decision‑makers.
• Sufficient technical literacy across enterprise networks, identity, endpoints and servers, cloud/SaaS environments, security telemetry and controls to assess threat plausibility and exposure and collaborate credibly with technical specialists.

What you’ll get for this role

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary:Circa£60000(depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
• Generouspensionscheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further – up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is forEveryone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t,we’d still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part‑time and job shares.

We flex locations,hoursand working patterns to suit our customers,businessand you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week, combining the benefits of flexibility with time together with colleagues.

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