Head of Tactical Intelligence & Threat-Informed Defense

Prudential Annuities Distributors (PAD); Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid Time Off

401(k) with company match

Pension plan

Wellness programs

Education benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Prudential Annuities Distributors (PAD) is seeking a Lead for Tactical Intelligence & Threat-Informed Defense to build and mature our threat intelligence capability. You will translate adversary behavior into actionable defensive outcomes, mentor analysts, and partner with Cyber Defense and business teams to improve detection, response, and resilience.

Using MITRE ATT&CK, ATLAS, and D3FEND frameworks, you will guide risk-based decisions across identity, cloud, endpoint, and SaaS environments

Qualifications

• Experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Security Operations, Incident Response, or related defensive disciplines.
• Understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures across modern tech environments.
• Experience applying MITRE ATT&CK, ATLAS, D3FEND to intelligence and defensive use cases.
• Ability to translate intelligence findings into actionable defensive guidance.
• Strong detection engineering and threat hunting methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Analyze adversary TTPs to understand attack execution and threat evolution.
• Assess attack paths and exposures across identity, cloud, endpoint, SaaS, and enterprise tech.
• Map adversary behavior to controls, identify defensive gaps, and recommend improvements.
• Translate intelligence insights into guidance that strengthens detection, threat hunting, and defense.
• Provide context on vulnerabilities and exploitation trends to support risk-based prioritization.
• Produce intelligence products like threat assessments and TTP analyses.
• Brief stakeholders and translate complex intelligence into actionable recommendations.
• Partner with Information Security, Technology owners, and Business teams to strengthen intelligence-informed defense.

Skills

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Threat Hunting

Security Operations

Incident Response

MITRE ATT&CK

ATLAS

D3FEND

Threat Modeling

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Management

AI Tools

Education

GIAC certifications (GCTI, GSOC, GREM, GPEN, GCFA, GCFE)

AWS Security / AZ-500

Tools

EDR

SIEM

Power BI

Python

PowerShell

Tableau

Job description

Prudential Annuities Distributors (PAD) is seeking a Lead for Tactical Intelligence & Threat-Informed Defense to build and mature our threat intelligence capability. You will translate adversary behavior into actionable defensive outcomes, mentor analysts, and partner with Cyber Defense and business teams to improve detection, response, and resilience.

Using MITRE ATT&CK, ATLAS, and D3FEND frameworks, you will guide risk-based decisions across identity, cloud, endpoint, and SaaS environments