Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 Months
Contract
$50/hr Inc
Role Responsibilities:
- Monitor, triage, and assess incoming cyber threat intelligence emails, alerts, notifications, and reporting from internal and external sources.
- Conduct continuous cyber event monitoring and provide timely escalation of credible threats, indicators, and incidents to the Incident Response Centre (IRC) and relevant stakeholders.
- Monitor the cyber threat landscape to identify emerging threats, vulnerabilities, threat actors, campaigns, and trends that may impact Client, its customers, or the financial services sector.
- Collect, correlate, and analyze threat intelligence to provide actionable insights supporting cyber defense, security operations, fraud prevention, and incident response activities.
- Assess threat actors, malware, ransomware activity, and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to determine potential business impact and risk exposure.
- Produce high-quality intelligence reports, threat advisories, alerts, briefings, and situational awareness products for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Support incident investigations by providing intelligence analysis, threat context, attribution insights, and indicators of compromise (IOCs).
- Develop and maintain threat actor profiles, attack trend analyses, and sector-specific intelligence assessments.
- Collaborate with Security Operations, Incident Response, Fraud, Vulnerability Management, and other cybersecurity teams to enhance detection, response, and mitigation capabilities.
- Participate in intelligence-driven investigations, threat hunting activities, and post-incident reviews to identify emerging risks and improve defensive measures.
- Engage with industry partners, information-sharing organizations, and external intelligence providers to gather and share relevant threat information.
- Brief stakeholders and leadership on significant cyber threats, risks, and recommended courses of action to support informed decision-making.
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of cyber threat intelligence processes, intelligence requirements, monitoring practices, and reporting standards.
Must Have Skills:
• At least 2 years of experience in cyber threat intelligence (primary) or cybersecurity operations, incident response, and other related fields
• Strong understanding of threat actors, attack trends, vulnerabilities, and the financial sector threat environment.
• Ability to analyze and contextualize cyber threat data from multiple sources.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to produce clear, concise, and actionable intelligence products for diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Nice to Have Skills:
• Splunk experience
• Experience with threat intelligence platforms (TIPs)
• Previous FI specific experience
• Cybersecurity/critical infrastructure sector experience
• Relevant postsecondary
