Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst - Senior

About This Role

This senior role provides strategic, technical, and operational intelligence by leveraging various sources and producing finished Cyber Threat Intelligence. The analyst will support client requirements, liaise with other EY Services offerings, and maintain awareness of client environments to strengthen their security posture. Significant time will be dedicated to analyzing threats to the client environment to assist senior decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, technical, and operational intelligence leveraging multiple intelligence collection sources
• Produce finished Cyber Threat Intelligence in support of client requirements
• Liaise with other EY Services offerings such as Security Operations Center (SOC), Vulnerability Management (VM), Threat Hunting, and other cybersecurity-focused teams
• Maintain awareness of clients

Requirements

• Strong technical writing skills and attention to detail, with the ability to quickly triage alerts on monitored assets and compile them into finished intelligence reports for clients
• Experience with analytical tradecraft, critical thinking, identification, and removal of bias from analysis and reporting products
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles and frameworks such as the Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis and MITRE ATT&CK
• Experience conveying complex information in simple, succinct explanations
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills
• Basic understanding of risk management, risk assessment, and risk communication functions
• Strong ability to communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences alike
• Ability to balance multiple demands and work as a team to develop solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Deep understanding of cyber threats, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to provide actionable intelligence to support decision-making at a strategic level
• 4+ years of intelligence community experience collecting, analyzing, proofing, and/or producing intelligence
• An understanding of the intelligence lifecycle and an interest in conducting detailed trend analysis
• The ability to capture the essential elements of information from larger reporting datasets and determine appropriate compensating controls for the environment
• Experience in generating and briefing strategic threat intelligence reports to senior leadership, providing insights into emerging trends, threat actors, and potential impacts

Nice to have:

• Bachelor
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into actionable intelligence
• Technical certification such as GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA), EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Security+, or similar