Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Job Number: R0244805

Support cyber threat intelligence and adversary analysis activities to identify, assess, and communicate threats to client systems, networks, missions, and operations. Conduct detailed research and analysis of cyber threat actors, campaigns, infrastructure, malware, vulnerabilities, and tactics, techniques, and procedures using classified and unclassified intelligence sources. Collect, evaluate, correlate, and synthesize technical and intelligence reporting to develop actionable threat assessments, indicators of compromise, and intelligence products.

Apply structured analytic techniques and intelligence tradecraft to assess threat actor intent, capability, opportunity, targeting, and potential mission impact. Maintain strict attention to detail when evaluating source reliability, confidence levels, attribution indicators, technical artifacts, and reporting consistency. Use managed attribution and operational security tools to conduct authorized research while protecting analyst identity, organizational attribution, and sensitive collection activities. Support threat research involving language sources, and language reporting, forums, technical publications, and open-source material.

Collaborate with penetration testers, red teams, security operations teams, incident responders, vulnerability analysts, intelligence professionals, and mission stakeholders to translate threat intelligence into assessment objectives, defensive priorities, adversary emulation scenarios, and risk-informed recommendations. Contribute to written intelligence products, technical reports, briefings, presentations, and client deliverables while independently managing assigned research and analysis tasks.

• Experience of 2+ years in cyber threat intelligence, all‑source intelligence, cyber operations, intelligence analysis, incident response, security operations, or a cybersecurity field.
• Experience researching cyber threats, malware, vulnerabilities, threat actors, and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and producing intelligence assessments, threat reports, or operational briefings.
• Experience analyzing technical cyber information, including indicators of compromise, malware, infrastructure, network activity, vulnerabilities, and attacker methodologies, while applying analytic frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, the Cyber Kill Chain, or the Diamond Model.
• Experience evaluating intelligence reporting through source validation, analytic confidence, attribution assessment, and identification of intelligence gaps while producing accurate, well‑organized, and defensible analytic products.
• Experience communicating technical and intelligence findings to technical, operational, and executive audiences and collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary cyber, intelligence, engineering, and mission teams.
• Ability to conduct independent research, manage competing priorities, maintain operational security, and perform effectively in dynamic, fast‑paced environments.
• Ability to show a score of 2/2 on the ILR or DLPT in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, or Russian.
• Secret clearance
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• Bachelor's degree in a Cybersecurity, Intelligence Studies, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, International Relations, Political Science, or Regional Studies field and 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity or threat intelligence, or 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity or threat intelligence in lieu of a degree.
• DoD 8140 cybersecurity certification, including Security+ certification.

• Experience using managed attribution, isolated browsing, secure research environments, or operational security platforms to conduct cyber‑focused research and intelligence collection.
• Experience supporting penetration testing, red team operations, adversary emulation, vulnerability assessments, incident response, threat hunting, or security operations center activities.
• Experience identifying relationships among threat actors, malware families, infrastructure, campaigns, targeting patterns, and geopolitical events to support intelligence production and threat assessments.
• Experience with Intelligence Community analytic standards, classification guidance, sourcing requirements, dissemination controls, and intelligence handling procedures.
• Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Power Shell, or similar languages to support cyber research, intelligence analysis, or data processing.
• Experience with commercial or government cyber threat intelligence platforms such as MISP, OpenCTI, Threat Connect, Anomali, Recorded Future, or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or other federal cyber missions.
• GCTI, GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CySA+, CEH, Network+, CISSP, or comparable cyber or intelligence certifications.

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified…