Lead Threat-Informed Defense & Tactical Intelligence

Prudential Ins Co of America; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive base salary

401(k) plan with company match

Wellness programs

Job summary

Prudential Financial, Inc. seeks a Leader for Tactical Intelligence & Threat-Informed Defense to build and mature capabilities that translate adversary activity into actionable defensive outcomes.

You will mentor analysts and collaborate with Cyber Defense, Technology Owners, and business stakeholders to improve detection, prevention, and resilience across identity, cloud, and endpoints. You will produce intelligence products and brief executives on threat landscapes, emphasizing risk-based

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Security Operations, or related defensive disciplines.
• Ability to map adversary behavior to security controls and provide actionable guidance.
• Experience applying MITRE ATT&CK, ATLAS, D3FEND to intelligence and defensive use cases.

Responsibilities

• Analyze adversary TTPs to understand attack execution and threat evolution.
• Assess attack paths across identity, cloud, endpoint, SaaS, and other technologies.
• Translate intelligence into actionable guidance to strengthen detection and response.
• Mentor analysts and establish analytical standards across intelligence programs.
• Define metrics to demonstrate the effectiveness of Threat-Informed Defense activities.

Skills

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Threat Hunting

Security Operations

Incident Response

Adversary TTPs

Communication

Mentoring Analysts

Stakeholder Management

AI-driven Capabilities

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

ATLAS

D3FEND

Job description

Prudential Financial, Inc. seeks a Leader for Tactical Intelligence & Threat-Informed Defense to build and mature capabilities that translate adversary activity into actionable defensive outcomes.

You will mentor analysts and collaborate with Cyber Defense, Technology Owners, and business stakeholders to improve detection, prevention, and resilience across identity, cloud, and endpoints. You will produce intelligence products and brief executives on threat landscapes, emphasizing risk-based