Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst

Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst

• Preston or Frimley (Hybrid)
• £50,000 - £70,000 + 10% bonus – SC – UK Eyes Only

**Please note we can only consider sole UK Nationals for this role due to Security restrictions**

Cyber Operations is responsible for protecting from Cyber Attack by various threat actors. Not only do we protect our systems and its employees, indirectly we protect those who protect us – the people who serve in our armed forces and rely on the products and services this company creates. Across Threat Intelligence, Detection, Incident Response and now Active Defence we work to evolve cyber operations as a world-class capability.

What you’ll be doing:

• Maintains the Global Attack Surface Management service to ensure perimeter assets are known and tested, and Shadow-IT assets are discovered and brought into governance
• Assists with complex purple team operations by providing subject matter expertise on the available attack surface and known weaknesses
• Ensures external attack surface assessments, highlights perimeter risks. Ensures resolution is being conducted in line with documented process
• Identifying security weaknesses and misconfigurations ensuring they are raised with the appropriate resolver groups
• Checking and protecting Systems through monitoring, the global external attack surface and performing continual testing of security controls
• Leading on policy implementation, high standards and best practices within Attack Surface Management and Active Defence
• Is responsible for specific work areas and provides mentorship and expertise to others in the team
• Supports the Active Defence Manager when required, particularly on forecasting future team operations
• Is a subject matter expert (SME) on emerging threats

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Broad and detailed experience of technologies including but not limited to VPN appliances, Firewalls, Attack Surface Management, IDS/IPS, Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Operating Systems, Linux, TCP/IP, Networking, Cloud, CDN's, Web Server’s, Open-Source tooling, and Vulnerability Management
• A good technical background with a detailed knowledge of cyber security, computer networks and operating systems
• Analytical background and is comfortable analysing and interpreting large and complex data sets and articulating the story behind any observations along with providing conclusions and recommendations
• Detailed knowledge of the current threat landscape, the TTPs frequently employed in those attacks and how we can investigate and mitigate these
• Is experienced in interpretation of threat intelligence and will work on complex issues with little need for supervision or support
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of the MITRE ATT&CK framework