Director, Threat Intelligence Collections Manager

 

Job Information:

• Functional Title: Threat Intelligence Collections Manager
• Department: IT Security
• Corporate Level: Director
• Reports To: Executive Director
• Location: New Jersey, on-site 2 days per week

 

Job purpose

CLS is seeking a highly motivated, self-driven Cyber Threat Intelligence Director for Collection Management to join a global threat intelligence team. The role will be located in London. The position will report to the Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence and Proactive Cyber Defense and will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of our intelligence collection. The ideal candidate will be aware of industry trends and frameworks and how they could impact our business, including threat actor groups, their TTPs, intrusion activities, and geopolitical relevance. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining our intelligence requirements through internal stakeholder engagement and coordinating our various intelligence sources. The candidate will also interact with established industry and government partners on a daily basis to share intelligence and build out new partnerships. This role will also be responsible for mentoring others on the team.

This position requires someone with an analytical mind, a quick learner, and the ability to create and deliver briefings, propose, and execute program initiative’s/improvements, and collaborate with a wide range of key internal and external stakeholders.

 

 Job Description

• Lead the collections and processing of cyber threat intelligence from varying sources, including open-source reports, information sharing partners, and vendor reports to create actionable results for internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the firm to evaluate intelligence requirements regularly
• Develop strategies for intelligence collection through developing requirements and determining appropriate sources to answer requirements
• Drive the relationship with intelligence vendors and partners to ensure intelligence requirements are being answered
• Actively manage external intelligence sharing engagements with other financial institutions and government partners
• Evaluate intelligence sources using measures of performance and measures of effectiveness
• Coordinate and produce strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence products for business units, technical teams, and executive stakeholders
• Provide situational awareness on current threat landscape and maintain knowledge of adversary activities including geopolitical implications and TTPs to brief varying teams
• Assess emerging threats against our operational environment and work in partnership with our security teams for detection, mitigation, and remediation efforts
• Perform trend and correlation of cyber intelligence for recommendation-based countermeasures
• Support and engage in incident response investigations
• Perform basic network security analysis in support of intrusion detection operations, including the development and enrichment of indicators used to enhance network security posture
• Review other analysts work and provide mentorship and guidance

 

Experience

• 6-10+ years of direct cyber threat intelligence experience
• 5+ years of progressive experience in information security (cyber security) field, preferable in Threat Intelligence
• Understanding of intelligence lifecycle and risk management
• Knowledge of fundamentals of threat actors’ TTPs
• Understanding of IOC validation practices and sources
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and mapping
• Geopolitical knowledge and potential impacts to the financial sector
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Individual contributor whilst also contributing to a small team
• Self-motivated with ability to work with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated strong writing skills; ability to convey complex technical and non-technical concepts

 

Qualifications/Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity studies, Intelligence Studies, International Relations, Economics, Computer Science, or related discipline
• Security certification such as SANS GIAC (or equivalent) ideally GCTI or working towards certification (or equivalent)
• Experience with threat intelligence and SOC/CIRT interaction
• Experience with Threat Intelligence Platforms
• Experience with threat intelligence vendors
• Experience with private-public information partnership organizations
• Ability to work on-site at least twice a week in London and/or participate in local intelligence sharing groups

 

Desired Skills

• Financial sector experience