Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence & Detection (Hybrid)

Synchrony; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Office hubs access

Job summary

Synchrony seeks a Cyber Intelligence Leader to oversee CTI, detection engineering, and cyber hunt programs. You translate threat signals into actionable intelligence, proactive hunts, and measurable detection improvements across the enterprise.

You will define intelligence requirements, lead MITRE ATT&CK aligned hunts, coordinate across SOC/IR, and drive detections, playbooks, and data enrichment. A senior candidate with 8–12+ years in cybersecurity and proven leadership is required; some travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 8–12+ years of cybersecurity experience in threat intel, hunting, detection engineering, or IR.
• 3+ years leading teams or enterprise programs with measurable outcomes.
• Experience building detections in SIEM/EDR and partnering with SOC/IR.
• Strong knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and applying it to detection coverage.
• Proficiency with security telemetry across endpoints, networks, cloud, and identity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for executives.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Define intelligence requirements and collection plans focused on threats relevant to financial services and Synchrony’s environment.
• Produce strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence (executive reporting, actor/campaign tracking, TTP and IOC packages).
• Translate intelligence into detection content, hunt hypotheses, response playbooks, and prioritized mitigations.
• Manage the intelligence lifecycle (collection → analysis → production → dissemination → feedback).
• Lead hypothesis-driven hunts mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, focused on high-risk scenarios and validated by available telemetry.
• Coordinate hunts across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and edge/WAF; document repeatable hunt playbooks.
• Escalate validated suspicious activity to Incident Response and support containment/remediation as needed.
• Convert hunt findings into durable improvements: detections, data onboarding/enrichment, and control remediation.
• Lead a detection engineering function responsible for building and maintaining detection content and analytics across the enterprise.
• Develop detection standards (naming, severity, testing criteria, evidence requirements, runbooks) and a structured tuning process.
• Ensure detections are threat-informed (ATT&CK-mapped), measurable, and aligned to JSOC workflow and triage capacity.
• Drive detection validation through purple-team/attack simulation outcomes and real incident lessons learned.
• Partner with SOC to improve alert fidelity, reduce noise, and ensure clear escalation criteria and responder guidance.
• Maintain a detection backlog and release cadence; ensure change control and documentation for auditability.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Threat hunting

Detection engineering

Incident response

Leadership

MITRE ATT&CK

Executive briefing

Security telemetry

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Threat intel platforms

Logging/Telemetry

Job description

Synchrony seeks a Cyber Intelligence Leader to oversee CTI, detection engineering, and cyber hunt programs. You translate threat signals into actionable intelligence, proactive hunts, and measurable detection improvements across the enterprise.

You will define intelligence requirements, lead MITRE ATT&CK aligned hunts, coordinate across SOC/IR, and drive detections, playbooks, and data enrichment. A senior candidate with 8–12+ years in cybersecurity and proven leadership is required; some travel