Threat Intelligence Analyst

Job Description

<p>On behalf of our client, a well-established consulting company in the Middle East, we are looking for a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst for a mid-senior level, full-time position. The candidate should be able to:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Main Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Identify, collect, and curate cyber threat intelligence from multiple sources</li><li>Drive the development of actionable cyber threat intelligence reporting and analysis to the global and regional business technology and security teams for purposes of situational awareness and risk reduction</li><li>Develop intelligence briefings, reports, and short position papers, with a focus on relevant, actionable intelligence</li><li>Conduct trending and correlation research from various cyber threat intelligence sources for the purposes of indicator collection, shifts in TTPs, attribution, and establishing countermeasures to increase cyber resiliency</li><li>Conduct insider threat identification and reporting activities.</li><li>Work with both structured and unstructured data</li><li>Analyze cyber threat intelligence information to draw inferences, recognize trends, understand the data’s limitations, and identify areas for improvement</li><li>Work with relational and graph databases</li><li>Incorporate relevant non-technical information sources when available</li><li>Identify and develop a portfolio of threat profiles, threat activity, trends and common attack vectors from all available sources</li><li>Assist in the integration of threat intelligence information into SIEM and SOAR platforms to enrich IOCs and assist ongoing response activities</li><li>Cleary communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences</li><li>Collaborate across multiple organizations to develop joint analytic reports and similar outputs</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Abilities Required:</strong></p><ul><li>Deep understanding of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, threat TTPs, and associated defensive techniques</li><li>Familiarity with standard cybersecurity threat intelligence formats, frameworks, and platforms, such as STIX, MISP, and MITRE’s ATT&amp;CK</li><li>Subject matter expertise in the full cyber threat intelligence lifecycle</li><li>Collaborative working style and the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects</li><li>Strong organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills</li><li>Industry professional certifications such as GCTI, GOSI, C|TIA, CPTIA, CRTIA, CTIP, CCTIA, CISSP, CISM, etc.</li><li>Excellent communicator and client facing skills</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Expected experience</strong>: 4+ Years of Experience</p><p><strong>Start date for assignment</strong>: ASAP</p><p><strong>Duration of assignment</strong>: Permanent</p><p><strong>Expected workload for the consultant</strong>: Fulltime</p><p><strong>Location</strong>: Dubai, UAE</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Skillspark is fast growing Swedish company, that unlock IT talents globally. Our consultants get access to top assignments worldwide, a greater quality of life and competitive rates. Most of the assignments are for our clients based in Scandinavia, UK, and the Middle East.</p>