Threat Analyst

Ensign Infosecurity (Posted 16 Mar 22)

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 3 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

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