Analyst - Cyber Threat Intelligence

Job description

This role may be based in Houston or Washington DC.

This role primarily involves managing, producing and reviewing analysis of current and future cyber threats to all business sectors and to public sector organizations. The analyst will support and lead on delivery of bespoke threat assessments and client inquiries.

The analyst will support the business development, sales and marketing activities of the team as relevant to support the winning of projects for clients, including producing thought leadership content. The analyst will lead on quality assurance of daily intelligence reports and strategic reporting on our threat intelligence platform.

Tasks and responsibilities

Consulting

• Contribute to and lead on delivery of bespoke threat assessments for clients, ensuring high quality and actionable outputs aligned to client requirements.
• Project manage client projects where appropriate, including taking responsibility for all or select aspects of project management (set-up, invoicing, internal / external comms, resourcing, managing projects effectively and efficiently)
• Support senior colleagues as relevant in analytical, reviewing, briefings and project managing threat assessments.
• Supervise and support junior colleagues and peers on project teams to ensure that deliverables are high-quality and meet client requirements.
• Maintain awareness of key trends and developments of relevance to current and prospective clients and proactively seek out opportunity to engage with clients on relevant incidents, topics and trends.

Subscription

• Set direction for the CTI team from a subject matter perspective, including looking forward to identify emerging client relevant trends and prioritising activities of the team appropriately.
• Leading on subject-matter review and quality assurance of intelligence outputs for the Seerist platform.
• Contribute to Seerist platform content as required and appropriate based on other workload.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of the geopolitical, technological, economic and social drivers of cyber threats to produce forward looking intelligence product.

Marketing and business development

• Contribute to business development activity including through scoping, drafting proposals / capability statements, pricing and delivery of consulting engagements.
• Produce marketing materials and public-facing assessments designed to demonstrate CTI capability and subject matter expertise.
• Responsible for liaising with senior team members in CTI, Digital Risks and other internal teams to highlight key threat developments and reports to be shared with clients and prospects.
• Brief specific clients and external audiences in closed and public format presentations on a range of cyber threat and technology-related topics.

General analytical responsibilities

• Responsible for developing, maintaining and demonstrating strong subject matter expertise in cyber threat actors, computer network operations, electronic warfare, and geopolitics through attendance at conferences, industry events and constant research.

• Actively contribute to the team’s thought leadership and key analytical lines by proactively identifying new trends and developments.

• Educated to degree level or several years work experience in an intelligence, cyber security or social science field (Military, Terrorism, Politics, International Relations, Intelligence Studies).

• Highly motivated and ambitious individual with ability to self-task and develop own research.

• Practical knowledge and understanding of cyber security concepts and mitigation methods.

• Practical demonstrable experience in the field of intelligence production, analysis, and review.

• Ability to present technical information and analysis to a non-technical audience.

• Experience presenting to senior stakeholders with an ability to adapt style and content to the experience and knowledge of the audience.

• Demonstrable experience in the field of cyber threat intelligence, cyber security and / or geopolitics through academic or professional engagement preferred.

• Understanding of both qualitative and quantitative analytical tools and techniques preferred.

• Intelligence analysis (CREST, NIAT, GIAT, DIAM, City and Guilds), CTI (CRTIA, CPTIA or CCTIM) or cyber security (CISSP, CISM, CEH, CLASS) qualifications are highly desirable but not essential.

• Experience using MS SharePoint tooling, including PowerBI and PowerAutomate preferred.

• Knowledge of additional non-English language is preferred. Ideal languages: Mandarin, Russian, Farsi, Arabic, Korean, and / or Spanish.

The base salary range for this position in Washington DC is $80,000-$90,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

Control Risks participates in the E-Verify program to confirm employment authorization of all newly hired employees. The E-Verify process is completed during new hire onboarding and completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, at the start of employment. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates. For more information on E-Verify, please visit www.uscis.gov.

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.