Lead Cyber Threat Management Analyst

Thomson Reuters; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance

Career Development

Industry Benefits

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Lead Cyber Threat Management Analyst to design, develop, and improve advanced threat detection capabilities across the enterprise. You will operationalize threat intel and build scalable detection logic to strengthen security monitoring and response.

This hands-on technical leadership role requires translating adversary behavior into practical use cases, collaborating with Security Operations, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, and cloud teams, and maturing the

Qualifications

• 5+ years in threat detection, security operations, or related cybersecurity disciplines.
• Experience building and tuning detection across SIEM/EDR and cloud security tools.
• Ability to translate threat intelligence into practical detection use cases.
• Strong MITRE ATT&CK knowledge with mapping and coverage analysis.
• Scripting in Python/PowerShell to automate workflows.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable threat detection logic across SIEM, EDR, and cloud platforms.
• Design content to identify threats while minimizing false positives.
• Map detections to MITRE ATT&CK and assess coverage.
• Operationalize threat intelligence into detection strategies.
• Collaborate with teams to validate detections and improve response workflows.
• Lead detection workflow optimization and automation for faster investigations.
• Evaluate detection performance via analytics and simulations.

Skills

Threat detection

Security operations

Incident response

Threat intelligence

MITRE ATT&CK

Python scripting

Automation workflows

Communication skills

Leadership

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Cloud security tools

SOAR

XDR

Job description

Job Description

Thomson Reuters is strengthening its Cyber Threat Management capability to help protect the organization, its products, and its customers from evolving cyber threats.

The Lead Cyber Threat Management Analyst will lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of advanced threat detection capabilities across the enterprise. You will build scalable detection logic, operationalize threat intelligence, and improve the quality, speed, and effectiveness of security monitoring and response.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who enjoys understanding adversary behavior, analyzing complex security telemetry, and translating emerging threats into practical detection strategies. You will work closely with Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, Security Engineering, and cloud teams to identify and reduce risk across a diverse technology environment.

You will help shape the maturity and strategic direction of the Threat Detection program by developing high-quality detection content, improving coverage against known adversary techniques, reducing false positives, and ensuring detections remain effective as the threat landscape and enterprise environment evolve.

You will also use AI-enabled security and automation tools responsibly to accelerate threat analysis, detection engineering, documentation, and triage workflows. You will apply sound technical judgment, validate outputs, and ensure that automated recommendations are appropriately reviewed before implementation or operational use.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, implement, and maintain scalable threat detection logic across SIEM, EDR, cloud-native security platforms, and other enterprise security data sources.
• Design and tune detection content to identify emerging threats, suspicious activity, adversary behaviors, and indicators of compromise while minimizing false positives and alert fatigue.
• Map detections to the MITRE ATT&CK framework to assess defensive coverage, identify detection gaps, and prioritize improvements based on risk and threat relevance.
• Operationalize threat intelligence, including indicators of compromise, tactics, techniques, procedures, and vendor intelligence, into actionable detection and monitoring strategies.
• Collaborate with Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, Security Operations, and Security Engineering teams to validate detection effectiveness and improve response workflows.
• Analyze security logs, alerts, telemetry, and behavioral data from diverse sources to identify patterns, anomalies, and potential malicious activity.
• Lead the development and optimization of detection workflows, enrichment pipelines, and automation that improve investigation speed, alert context, and analyst efficiency.
• Use AI-enabled security tools responsibly to accelerate detection development, alert triage, threat research, documentation, and hypothesis generation, while validating outputs before relying on them operationally.
• Evaluate detection performance through analytics, testing, threat simulations, incident findings, red team results, and operational metrics.
• Incorporate findings from incidents, threat hunts, vulnerability intelligence, vendor updates, and adversary research into detection strategies and content improvements.
• Partner with Incident Response teams to investigate detection gaps, validate alerts, improve escalation criteria, and strengthen containment and remediation workflows.
• Develop and maintain clear documentation for detection logic, data sources, use cases, tuning decisions, investigation procedures, and coverage assessments.
• Mentor and support junior detection engineers and analysts by providing technical guidance, feedback, and development opportunities.
• Contribute to the strategic direction, operational maturity, and long-term roadmap of the Threat Detection program.
• Participate in cross-functional security initiatives, design reviews, and operational-readiness discussions to ensure detection and monitoring requirements are considered early in the development lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in threat detection engineering, security operations, incident response, threat intelligence, cyber defense, or a related cybersecurity discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing, tuning, and maintaining detection logic across multiple security platforms, including SIEM, EDR, cloud-native security tools, or similar technologies.
• Strong experience analyzing security logs, alerts, telemetry, and event data from endpoint, identity, network, cloud, application, and infrastructure environments.
• Deep understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, with the ability to translate threat intelligence into practical detection use cases.
• Strong proficiency with the MITRE ATT&CK framework, including detection mapping, coverage analysis, and the identification of defensive gaps.
• Experience operationalizing threat intelligence, including indicators of compromise, behavioral indicators, and adversary tradecraft, into detection and monitoring workflows.
• Experience scripting or automating security workflows using Python, PowerShell, or comparable languages.
• Ability to develop and improve data enrichment, detection automation, alert triage, and investigation workflows.
• Experience collaborating with Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Security Engineering, cloud, and other technical teams to improve security outcomes.
• Ability to evaluate detection quality using testing, analytics, false-positive analysis, alert trends, incident findings, and coverage metrics.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risks, findings, and recommendations to a range of technical and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated technical leadership skills, including experience mentoring team members or leading cross-functional security initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms and security services across Azure, AWS, GCP, or hybrid environments.
• Experience with SIEM, EDR, SOAR, XDR, cloud security, identity security, network security, or threat intelligence platforms.
• Experience conducting threat hunting, purple-team exercises, detection validation, adversary simulation, or red-team detection analysis.
• Experience designing or maintaining detection-as-code workflows, detection engineering standards, content lifecycle processes, or automated testing frameworks.
• Experience integrating security data sources and developing enrichment pipelines for security analytics and investigations.
• Experience improving alert quality, investigation context, escalation workflows, and analyst response consistency.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled security operations, detection engineering, threat intelligence, or investigation tools.
• Relevant security certifications such as GCIA, GCTI, GCED, OSCP, or comparable certifications are beneficial but not required.

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What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro‑bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $118,400 USD - $219,800 USD.Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors a

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