Senior Threat Analyst

Duties and Responsibilities

• Investigate threat campaigns to map out threat actor’s intent, modus operandi, capabilities and origin to produce actionable cyber threat intelligence
• Proactive hunting of unknown and emerging cyber threats using network and endpoint data
• Develop solutions such as scripts or making use of data visualizations tools to automate and streamline threat analysis and hunting operations within Big Data platform
• Manage the threat intelligence platform to ensure constant ingestion of quality threat feeds
• Analyse big data to produce clear and concise cyber threat intelligence reports which are actionable
• Conduct and/or manage joint research initiatives with industry partners and Institutes of Higher Learning

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology or equivalent
• Knowledge of threat actor APT and cybercrime groups. Experience and understanding of both cybercriminal and nation-state group motivations and typical TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures)
• Familiar with attack vectors, attacker techniques and the Cyber Kill Chain
• Experience with Threat Intelligence Platforms and Open-source Intelligence (OSINT)
• At least 5 years of relevant experiences in cyber threat analysis, threat intelligence and/or threat hunting
• Strong foundation in networking fundamentals, with a deep understanding of TCP/ IP and other core networking protocols
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to put together disparate information to form a coherent picture
• Knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Python, PySpark
• Ability to document and present technical details/findings clearly and concisely