Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst (SCTIA)

Compunnel Inc.; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Threat Intelligence Analyst to join their team. In this role, you will leverage your expertise to analyze and report on cyber threats, providing critical insights to enhance organizational security. You will work closely with security operations teams and contribute to the development of intelligence products that inform decision-making. If you are passionate about cybersecurity and have a proven track record in threat intelligence, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in intelligence roles with a focus on cyber threats.
• Strong knowledge of the intelligence lifecycle and threat landscape.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and report on cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Develop and maintain threat communication processes.

Skills

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Information Security

Vulnerability Assessment

Penetration Testing

Incident Response

Predictive Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Security certifications (CISSP, SANS)

Tools

SIEM

IDS/IPS

Microsoft Office

ServiceNow

Job description

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Base pay range

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM

Type: Onsite Role

Position Summary:

SCTIAs, under general supervision, provides support to leaders and cyber security analysts by consuming, analyzing, and reporting tactical, operational, and strategic threat intelligence.

The SCTIAs focus their efforts on processing indicators of compromise from known attacks, emerging cyber threats, current events and their potential cyber impacts, threat actors, threat actor tools and techniques, motivations of threat actors, and malware, etc.

The SCTIA will need to use intelligence processes and tools to work all of this threat information to develop intelligence products that are useful to leadership and cyber security analysts in the security operations center, incident responders, hunt teams, vulnerability management, etc.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Demonstrate and apply subject matter expertise in a variety of information security disciplines, both technical and non-technical
• Responsible for the collection, processing, analysis, and production of tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence throughout the organization
• Prioritize work, collate information from various sources, and move swiftly toward strong analytical conclusions
• Help develop and maintain CTI processes, procedures, playbooks, etc.
• Develop, maintain, and execute the threat communication / product distribution processes
• Author professional looking reports that can be clearly understood by technical, non-technical, and executive consumers based on the audience
• Accept and incorporate intelligence product feedback from consumers and stakeholders
• Accept editorial input from the CTI Manager and higher
• Readiness to defend analysis in the face of opposing opinions
• Employ predictive analytic methods to determine changes in adversary’s capabilities, motivations, and intent, while providing recommendations to reduce risk before exposure to threats occur
• Use intelligence tools to hunt large sets of data to find threat activity and analyze it.
• Provide direct analytic support to the security operations teams providing context to active risks and threats using intelligence
• Work individually, with a team, and in a hybrid managing services environment utilization various partners in dynamic ways
• Help prioritize and lead cases, investigations, daily work tasks, and projects with management guidance
• Mentor junior analysts

Requirements

• 7+ years’ experience in an intelligence role with 3+ years in cyber threat intelligence role
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, computer information systems, or 5+ years of experience in an information security-related field
• Security certifications such as CISSP or SANS preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• In-depth knowledge of IT
• Expertise in understanding and applying the intelligence lifecycle
• Strong experience in vulnerability, exploitation, penetration testing concepts
• Strong experience with information security, host- and network-based forensics, monitoring, detection, and incident response best practices
• Strong experience in computer intrusions, malicious code, and technical aspects of associated threat vectors, adversarial TTPs, and their relation to the cyber kill chain
• In-depth knowledge of the general cyber threat landscape coupled with the ability to quickly determine how threats can or will affect an organization, based on factors such as confidence, likelihood, impact, and probability.
• Understanding the MITRE attack framework.
• Working knowledge of intelligence analysis applications, tools, and systems and the ability to use them on datasets to analyze threats
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. and detect color coded events

Desired Skills and Experience

• Five or more years of direct experience actively managing/using threat intelligence to reduce risk and threat exposure
• Exposure to assessing technical intelligence collection and analytic products, including behavioral analysis and reverse engineering outputs from researcher teams or automated sandbox testing
• Familiarity with various technologies such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, Proxy, endpoint and enterprise incident management systems, as well as applications such as Microsoft Office, ServiceNow, or comparable products
• Knowledge of the cyber threat landscape for manufacturing, brokerage services, business operation, research, supply chain, transportation, etc on a global scale
• Familiarity with world events, geo-politics, etc. and how they often influence the cyber threat.
• Familiarity with insider threat investigations and programs.

Thank You

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Analyst

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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