Onsite Senior Threat Intelligence Architect

ID.me; McLean, Mountain View (VA, CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ID.me, a leading digital identity platform, is seeking a senior threat intelligence professional to lead end-to-end tracking of adversaries targeting our identity ecosystem. You will own collection, research, model building, and delivery of finished intelligence to engineers, executives, and partners.

This senior IC role demands independent work, strong communication, and ability to influence product and security directions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in threat intelligence, cyber threat hunting, fraud intelligence, or a closely related discipline.
• 3+ years of hands-on collection across the deep and dark web, including illicit marketplaces and encrypted communication platforms.
• Deep, applied experience with common analysis models and frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, the Diamond Model, kill chain, structured analytic techniques).
• Demonstrated ability to translate intelligence into actionable decisions for engineers, executives, and external partners.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, with ability to influence stakeholders outside security.

Responsibilities

• Own an intelligence portfolio covering threat actors, fraud typologies, and ecosystems targeting ID.me and partners from collection to delivery.
• Define and prioritize intelligence requirements in partnership with security, fraud, product, and leadership.
• Conduct collection across deep/dark web, illicit marketplaces, encrypted platforms with strong operational security.
• Proactively hunt for new actor activity, tooling, and TTPs across internal and external sources.
• Write finished intelligence with clear judgments, confidence levels, and concrete recommendations for diverse audiences.
• Convert research into detections, fraud signals, and platform enrichment; collaborate with detection engineering and product teams.
• Improve analytic tradecraft: threat modeling, reporting templates, and source evaluation.
• Identify where automation is needed and build or specify tooling and pipelines.
• Mentor analysts, review work, and raise analytic judgment and standards.
• Represent the function by briefing senior leadership, partners, and industry groups.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Cyber threat hunting

Fraud intelligence

Structured analytic techniques

MITRE ATT&CK

Diamond Model

Communication skills

Independent worker

Influence stakeholders

Tools

SQL

Python

Data analysis tools

Job description

ID.me, a leading digital identity platform, is seeking a senior threat intelligence professional to lead end-to-end tracking of adversaries targeting our identity ecosystem. You will own collection, research, model building, and delivery of finished intelligence to engineers, executives, and partners.

This senior IC role demands independent work, strong communication, and ability to influence product and security directions.