Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Senior (Cyber Threat Intelligence)

This role will be responsible for providing strategic, technical, and operational intelligence leveraging multiple intelligence collection sources as well as analysis and production of finished Cyber Threat Intelligence in support of client requirements and liaising with other EY Services offerings such as Security Operations Center (SOC), Vulnerability Management (VM), Threat Hunting, and other cybersecurity-focused teams. CTI Analysts maintain awareness of the clients’ environments to influence a strong security posture for EY clients as their trusted advisors.  The CTI Analyst will review open source, third-party, and proprietary threat information and enrich it with contextual analysis that will result in finished strategic intelligence.  Significant time will be spent conducting analysis of threats to the client environment to aid senior decision makers.

Skills and Attributes for success:

• 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.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• 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.