[Remote] Senior Threat Intel Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a global technology leader revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations. The Senior Threat Intel Analyst will play a critical role in driving the collection and analysis of complex threat data to produce actionable intelligence, supporting internal security teams and enhancing the company's security posture.

Responsibilities

• Drive Advanced Intelligence Collection and Analysis: Orchestrate and assure the day-to-day collection, processing, and synthesis of data from a broad range of sources, ensuring the production of impactful, actionable intelligence products that meet the strategic needs of Cisco leadership
• Support Response: provide actionable intelligence support to internal defensive operations by fusing and exploiting information collected during investigations, building a common understanding of threat activities and attribution
• Develop Strategic Partnerships: Establish and nurture cross-organizational partnerships with security teams and key stakeholders across Cisco to deliver comprehensive, data-driven insights into both existing and emerging threats
• Generate Threat Intelligence Reporting: Produce and oversee the creation of threat intelligence reports and products that guide defensive operations and decision-making to enhance Cisco’s overall security posture
• Maintain Expert Threat Landscape Awareness: Continuously monitor and interpret the evolving threat landscape, focusing on relevant adversaries likely to disrupt Cisco’s operations
• Provide Incident Intelligence Support: Serve as a catalyst in incident intelligence support by offering expert analysis throughout challenging internal investigations, ensuring a clear and shared perspective on threat actor behaviors, attribution, and response strategies
• Provide Guidance and Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior analysts by sharing expertise, fostering professional development, and promoting best practices in threat intelligence collection, analysis, and reporting to build a high-performing team
• Champion Team Growth and Knowledge Sharing: Play a pivotal role in advancing initiatives that foster a collaborative learning environment, promoting continuous skill development, knowledge sharing, and career growth within the threat intelligence team
• Drive Complex Security Initiatives: Play a pivotal role in coordinating multifaceted initiatives with business partners to enhance threat visibility, intelligence sharing, and security operations effectiveness across the organization
• Executive-Level Metrics and Briefings: Oversee the capture, analysis, and presentation of key threat intelligence metrics to support operational efficacy and to ensure clarity and strategic relevance
• Govern Documentation and Process Integrity: Ensure all threat intelligence documentation, workflows, and processes are rigorously maintained, accurate, and continuously improved to support operational excellence and compliance

Skills

• Minimum 8 years of experience in a technical cyber security role
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a Threat Intelligence or Threat Hunting role
• Understanding of the cyber threat landscape, including relevant business risks, threats, and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
• Understanding of the Intelligence cycle
• Familiarity with a variety of defensive methodologies and frameworks
• 4+ years of experience analyzing threats, collating indicators, and incorporating intelligence into organizational security posture
• Experience tracking and clustering cyber threats and campaigns
• Experience with Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs) to manage indicators and organize, cluster, and enrich intelligence
• Proven ability to develop and maintain stakeholder and/or customer relationships
• Experience developing and briefing reports or delivering products to stakeholders and/or customers
• Experience driving complex security initiatives and collaborating across teams to improve visibility, intelligence sharing, and operational effectiveness
• Demonstrated leadership and mentorship skills, including guiding junior analysts, fostering professional development, and promoting best practices within the threat intelligence team

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• Paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
• Flexible vacation time off program
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family me