Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Check Point Software Technologies

$80K — $95K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Dallas, TX
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-2 years of experience in intelligence analysis processes, including OSINT and WEBINT gathering.
  • Strong passion for cybersecurity and understanding of information security fundamentals.
  • Excellent investigative and analytical problem-solving skills.
  • Familiarity with analytical tools, especially Excel.
  • Team-oriented individual with a desire to learn and grow.
  • Infosec certifications considered a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and analyze threats impacting customers to generate actionable intelligence reports.
  • Investigate intelligence sources and analyze threat actors and attack methodologies.
  • Develop data sources from various channels like darknet and social media to gather relevant intelligence.
  • Present findings and insights in client meetings, articulating the threat landscape and associated risks.
  • Engage with customers to address their specific threat intelligence needs and requests.
  • Tailor intelligence environments to meet customer priorities and support training during the engagement.
  • Foster collaboration and feedback among different teams.

Benefits

  • Potential for career growth within a dynamic and evolving field.
  • Opportunity to engage directly with clients and influence their security posture.
  • Access to a rich array of intelligence tools and resources for skill enhancement.
  • Collaborative team environment fostering learning and development.
  • Exposure to various aspects of cybersecurity and threat intelligence.
Full Job Description
Job Description
  • Monitoring and analyzing threats targeting customers, or issues in their digital exposure, in order to produce actionable intelligence alerts and reports
  • Investigating intelligence sources, threat actors, attack tools and techniques
  • Identifying and developing data sources to collect the most relevant intelligence (darknet, forums, social media, marketplaces, etc.) as well as creating and maintaining avatars on these
  • Joining meetings with clients to present deliverables and explain the threat landscape and risks
  • Ongoing communication and response to customers' threat intelligence needs and requests
  • Learning the customer needs and PIRs, configuring their tailored environments in our intelligence platform and supporting the customers with tuning/training throughout engagement
  • Drive cooperation & feedback loops with other teams


Qualifications
  • 1-2 years experience with intelligence analysis processes (army included), including Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Web Intelligence (WEBINT) gathering, link analysis, and threat actor profiling
  • Inherent passion for cyber security and service excellence, understanding of infosec fundamentals and risks
  • Investigative and analytical problem-solving skills
  • Knowledge of analytical tools, including excel
  • A team player who is eager to learn new methods and develop themselves and their team
  • Infosec certifications an advantage

Advantages:
  • Multi-lingual (in addition to English)
  • Customer facing background

Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship from an employer now or in the future.

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