Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst role focused on identifying and analyzing advanced cyber threats targeting Federal Departments and Agencies, with specific expertise in People's Republic of China threat actors and tactics.
What you'll do
- Collect and analyze threat data from multiple sources including open-source intelligence, dark web, threat feeds, and internal logs
- Identify threat actors, their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used in cyberattacks targeting federal entities
- Assess vulnerabilities and risks to the organization based on current threat landscape and advanced emerging threats
- Produce all-source intelligence reports and strategic assessments adhering to DIA writing standards and intelligence tradecraft methodologies
- Investigate cyber events of significance and communicate findings to key decision makers via multiple intelligence product formats
- Leverage MITRE framework and Indicators of Compromise to support threat analysis and operational decision-making
- Evaluate PRC-attributed cyber threats and their implications for national security
Mission
Supporting U.S. Federal Departments and Agencies (D/A) and National Critical Functions (NCF) by providing all-source strategic cyber intelligence assessments. The role operates within the intelligence community framework to protect vital national interests against emerging cyber threats.
Required skills
- Cyber threat intelligence analysis
- All-source intelligence assessment
- Threat data collection and analysis from multiple sources
- Threat actor identification and TTP analysis
- DIA writing standards and intelligence tradecraft
- ICD 203 and ICD 106 standards
- Indicators of Compromise (IoC) utilization
- MITRE framework implementation
- Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) methodology
- People's Republic of China (PRC) cyber threat context