Lead Threat Intelligence Analyst - Leeds - National Security

at  BAE Systems

LOCATION(S): UK, EUROPE & AFRICA : UK : LEEDS

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

REQUIREMENTS

Technical

• Working in a Threat Intelligence team developing threat intelligence products for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Performing malware analysis and reverse engineering.
• Conducting threat assessments and defining threat intelligence requirements.
• Developing and maintaining threat data sources.
• Advanced knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems and use of the command line.
• Advanced knowledge of core networking concepts and technologies e.g. TCP/IP.
• Intermediate knowledge of malware behaviour and techniques employed by attackers to evade security controls.
• Intermediate knowledge of malware analysis and reverse engineering techniques.

Non-technical

• Client side consulting, including stakeholder engagement and the ability to communicate insights and concepts to others (including briefing skills and report writing)
• Able to understand and adapt to different cultures and hierarchical structures.
• Team player and adept at working in multi-disciplinary and diverse teams
• Proven analytical skills capable of solving new and complex technical problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate the impact and importance of detailed technical information to non-technical and senior audiences.
• Leading and managing small teams of highly skilled technical people.
• Managing and building relationships with customer and internal stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and motivates others keeping morale and performance high.

• Produce and maintain threat assessments to provide a clear understanding of the customer threat landscape.
• Maintain the IoC database tailored to the monitored environment and threats and ensure changes are pushed to the detection systems in a timely manner.
• Maintain threat profiles and threat modelling and applicability to the monitored estate along with updating the modelling to detail what detection and controls are in place to mitigate the threats.
• Gather and maintain a set of TI requirements that define the threats that will be monitored, tracked and researched by the TI Team.
• Oversee the collection, collation and maintenance of threat data collected from open and closed sources and ensure it appropriately validated.
• Conduct analysis and research to determine the identity, motivations, relationships, targets / victims, capabilities, tooling and infrastructure of threat groups relevant to customer.