Senior Associate, Cyber Threat Intelligence

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a CTI-focused professional in New York, NY to support a program aligned with business priorities and regulatory considerations. You will assess threat actors and campaigns relevant to life sciences, translate intelligence into detections, and assist Incident Response with adversary context and remediation guidance.

The role requires experience in cyber threat intelligence, security operations, and collaboration with SOC, IR, and vulnerability teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with relevant cyber threat intelligence experience.
• Experience in cyber threat intelligence, security operations, incident response or threat detection.
• Understanding of threat actors, techniques, and adversary behaviors affecting enterprise environments.
• Ability to synthesize threat data into actionable intelligence for technical audiences.
• Experience producing written intelligence outputs such as threat reports or briefings.
• Collaboration across SOC, IR, vulnerability management, and engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support CTI program with analysis aligned to business priorities and regulatory considerations.
• Maintain intelligence requirements focused on threats to life sciences R&D and operations.
• Analyze threat actors, campaigns, malware, and TTPs relevant to life sciences.
• Translate threat intelligence into detection use cases, alerts, and hunting hypotheses.
• Support Incident Response with adversary context and mitigation steps.
• Inform remediation prioritization with vulnerability management based on active exploitation.
• Engage with CTI vendors and industry groups to synthesize insights.
• Prepare threat intelligence briefings and reports for stakeholders.
• Track CTI metrics and value of intelligence in operations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of intelligence processes and tooling.
• Ensure compliance with policies, data handling and ethics.

Skills

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Incident Response

Threat Detection

Threat Analysis

Written Intelligence Outputs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/Info Security/CS/Intelligence Studies

Master's degree (related field)

Associate's degree + 6 years experience

High school diploma + 8 years experience

Job description

• Support the execution of the CTI program by contributing analysis aligned to business priorities, risk tolerance, and regulatory considerations.
• Assist with maintaining intelligence requirements focused on threats to pharmaceutical R&D, clinical operations, manufacturing, and third-party ecosystems.
• Conduct analysis of threat actors, campaigns, malware, and tactics, techniques, and procedures, with focus on adversaries relevant to the life sciences sector.
• Partner with SOC and Detection Engineering teams to help translate threat intelligence into detection use cases, alert tuning, and threat-hunting hypotheses.
• Support Incident Response efforts during active investigations by providing adversary context, potential next steps, and mitigation considerations.
• Collaborate with Vulnerability Management teams to help inform remediation prioritization based on active exploitation and threat relevance.
• Contribute to engagement with threat intelligence vendors, industry sharing groups, and trusted peer communities by monitoring shared intelligence and synthesizing relevant insights.
• Prepare threat intelligence briefings, summaries, and reports that communicate threat trends and potential business impact to stakeholders.
• Support the tracking of CTI metrics and usage indicators to help assess intelligence value and operational impact.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of intelligence processes, tooling, and integration with cyber defense workflows.
• Ensure intelligence activities follow internal policies, data handling requirements, and ethical standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, or a related field, with at least 2 years of experience; OR a Master's degree with more than 0+ years of experience; OR an Associate's degree with 6 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience working in cyber threat intelligence, security operations, incident response, threat detection, or a related cybersecurity domain.
• Strong understanding of cyber threat actors, common attack techniques, and adversary behaviors affecting enterprise environments.
• Ability to analyze threat data from multiple sources and synthesize it into clear, actionable intelligence.
• Experience producing written intelligence outputs such as threat reports, summaries, or briefings for technical audiences.
• Familiarity with collaborating across SOC, incident response, vulnerability management, or engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Cyber Threat Intelligence, including analysis of threat actors and tactics relevant to the life sciences sector. Proficient in producing actionable intelligence and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance security operations and incident response.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Cyber Threat Intelligence
• Incident Response
• Threat Detection
• Threat Analysis
• Written Intelligence Outputs

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Threat Analysis
• Cybersecurity
• Incident Response
• Threat Detection
• Data Synthesis
• Adversary Behavior Analysis
• Vulnerability Management
• Threat Intelligence ReportingRisk Assessment
• Regulatory Compliance

Soft Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Attention to Detail

Industry Keywords

• Life Sciences Sector
• Cyber Defense Workflows
• Threat Actors
• Malware Analysis
• Security Operations Center (SOC)
• Threat Intelligence Vendors
• Third-Party Ecosystems
• Ethical Standards
• Data Handling Requirements
• Continuous Improvement