Senior Associate / Assistant Manager, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

About the role

The organisation is looking for a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst to deliver timely, relevant and actionable intelligence that strengthens its cyber defence. Reporting to the Team Manager, Cyber Intelligence and Response, the analyst produces threat and vulnerability intelligence and supports broader cyber operations such as threat hunting, incident investigation, forensic analysis and intrusion analysis.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain intelligence requirements and collection plans aligned with organisational priorities.
• Gather, validate and analyse threat intelligence from internal, open-source, commercial and managed-service sources.
• Assess threat actors, campaigns, vulnerabilities, indicators and TTPs relevant to the organisation.
• Produce vulnerability intelligence and turn it into actionable recommendations for prioritisation, monitoring and risk reduction.
• Prepare and share intelligence products such as threat advisories, vulnerability briefs, campaign summaries, threat profiles and landscape briefings.
• Translate intelligence into detection use cases, monitoring recommendations and control improvements.
• Work with Security Operations, Digital Forensics, Incident Management and Vulnerability Management teams.
• Support threat hunts, investigations, forensic support and intrusion analysis when needed, and occasionally work outside normal hours during major incidents.
• Coordinate with the CTI managed security service provider and administer the threat intelligence platform, including feeds, enrichment, tagging and workflow configuration.
• Maintain threat profiles, operating procedures, knowledge bases and service metrics, and improve CTI processes and stakeholder engagement.

Required profile

• Degree with 1-3 years of experience in cyber threat intelligence, security operations or a related cyber security role.
• Active interest in and up-to-date awareness of the evolving cyber threat landscape.
• Strong analytical judgement, attention to detail and written communication skills; able to explain evidence-based recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.

Required skills

• Cyber threat intelligence concepts, including IOCs, MITRE ATT&CK, TTPs and the intelligence lifecycle.
• Familiarity with STIX, TAXII, Sigma or YARA rules.
• Preferred: experience with managed security service providers, hands-on threat intelligence platform configuration, formal CTI training or a portfolio of CTI work.