Threat Intelligence & Incident Response Specialist

DS Smith Europe; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

DS Smith Europe is seeking a Threat Intelligence Analyst to join its Information Security team. You will identify, analyse, and communicate cyber threats to protect DS Smith’s operations, data, and infrastructure, leveraging MS Sentinel, Defender, DarkIQ, and other sources.

You will transform threat intelligence into actionable insights, develop threat models, and support incident response across the organisation with a proactive security stance.

Qualifications

• Experience in cyber security with focus on threat intelligence, incident response, or security operations.
• Hands-on incident response lifecycle management.
• Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model and Cyber Kill Chain.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the global threat landscape and identify threats relevant to DS Smith.
• Analyse intelligence from multiple sources and correlate with internal security events.
• Develop and maintain advanced queries (KQL) for threat hunting and investigations.
• Produce actionable threat intelligence reports, actor profiles, and IoCs.
• Support incident response activities from triage to post-incident review.
• Collaborate with SOC, security architects, and stakeholders to improve detection and response.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Incident response

Security operations

MITRE ATT&CK

Diamond Model

Cyber Kill Chain

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender

KQL

PowerShell

Python

Communication

Tools

DarkIQ

Job description

DS Smith Europe is seeking a Threat Intelligence Analyst to join its Information Security team. You will identify, analyse, and communicate cyber threats to protect DS Smith’s operations, data, and infrastructure, leveraging MS Sentinel, Defender, DarkIQ, and other sources.

You will transform threat intelligence into actionable insights, develop threat models, and support incident response across the organisation with a proactive security stance.