- Company Name
- Spencer Rose
- Job Title
- Threat Intelligence Analyst
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Threat Intelligence Analyst
**Role Summary**
Senior-level analyst responsible for researching, documenting, and developing threat detection use cases and hypotheses to support proactive threat hunting and mitigation across the organization’s infrastructure. Works closely with threat hunting, SOC, and security engineering teams to assess emerging threats and coordinate response strategies.
**Expectations**
- Minimum 3+ years of experience as a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst or in a similar role.
- Proven track record in the financial services, banking, or insurance sector.
- Deep knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and contemporary threat actor tactics.
- Hands‑on experience with SIEM, EDR, and IDS/IPS technologies.
- Ability to develop actionable detections grounded in behavioral attributes of adversaries.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Collaborate with Threat Hunting team to research, document, and refine use cases and hypotheses for proactive hunting.
- Design, author, and maintain threat detection rules and analytics for SIEM, EDR, and IDS/IPS platforms.
- Conduct continuous research on emerging threats, malware, and adversary techniques.
- Evaluate new threats against the organization’s operational environment and recommend detection, mitigation, and remediation actions.
- Partner with security teams (SOC, Incident Response, Network Security) to implement and test threat intelligence solutions.
- Maintain threat intelligence feeds, reports, and knowledge base for internal stakeholders.
**Required Skills**
- Threat Intelligence analysis and threat hunting expertise.
- Strong familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, threat modeling, and adversary profiling.
- Proficiency with SIEM (e.g., Splunk, QRadar) and EDR solutions (e.g., CrowdStrike, SentinelOne).
- Experience with IDS/IPS technologies and log analysis.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple threat research projects simultaneously.
- Prior exposure to financial services environment.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, CISM, or equivalent are preferred.