Manager - Threat Intelligence

The Threat Intelligence Manager is an integral part of the Threat Intelligence Center. As the Threat Intelligence Manager, you will be leading a team of highly skilled Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysts to ensure that cyber threat intelligence is properly collected, analyzed, and disseminated. You will be a natural leader along with drive and ambition to ensure intelligence operations are delivered efficiently and effectively.

Threat Intelligence

• Leads a team of threat intelligence analyst to collect, analyze and distribute relevant and actionable threat intelligence to clients
• Responsible for the quality and timeliness of the team’s reports, briefs, presentations, findings and recommendations including executive level threat reporting
• Responsible for measuring and reporting on CTI value and customer satisfaction
• Leads the development, management, optimization and continuously improvement of processes to enhance the overall cyber threat intelligence function
• Leads and contributes practically in key projects
• Preparation of intelligence products, including high-quality reports, assessments, briefings, recommendations, and findings
• Establishes and maintains relationships with public and private intelligence community members
• Interfaces with clients and SOC personnel to ensure that timely, relevant and actionable threat intelligence is communicated. High quality service is provided
• Exceptional problem-solving skills. Uses previous experience to identify the most appropriate option or to adapt or improve existing approaches. Resolves issues which are varied and non-routine.

Job Specifications

Skills/Certifications (Technical & Non-Technical)

• Ability to work well with others in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong interpersonal, facilitation & communication skills
• Previous experience leading cost effective, high-value threat intelligence teams
• Experience in analyzing, gathering intelligence on, developing, and documenting threat group activities
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of technology, emerging trends, adversary techniques, vulnerabilities, exploits and keeping up to date on current affairs
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of cyber-attack vectors, detection techniques, cybercrime networks and methodologies
• Demonstrated understanding of remediation and counter measures for addressing information security threats.
• Knowledge of security analysis techniques
• Ability to monitor and enforce improvements when necessary, in line with best practices
• Experience with briefing executive management including C-level on cyber incidents, metrics and trends
• Strong working understanding of threat intel platforms
• Experience working in large scale security operations especially large corporations, military or government organizations

Minimum Work Experience

• Functional Experience : 10+ years' experience working in a Cyber Threat intelligence, incident response, cyber hunt, or other technical information security positions

Leadership/Supervisory Experience :

• 5+ years of demonstrable management experience within Cyber Threat Intelligence
• Experience in training and providing mentorship to members of the team.
• Performance management and the ability to conduct performance evaluations

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
• CISSP, CISM, or similar Information Security certification is preferred
• Desired: Malware analysis or threat intelligence related certification such as GCIH, GREM, GCTI, etc
• Operating System Knowledge: Windows, Linux/Unix, and Mac/OSX. scripting (Shell, Python, R, etc.)
• Big Data Analysis experience