Bank Of America Strategic Threat Intel Analyst 

United States, District of Columbia, Washington 

301286748

Job Description:

The Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst position is responsible for conducting in-depth research, documentation, and intelligence analysis of key cyber threats to develop a comprehensive picture of the cyber threat landscape. This includes research via the use of various sources; development of historical, trend, and link analysis; and written and oral reporting to provide actionable intelligence and insights. The analyst will also work to proactively research new threats and establish trends and patterns among existing attacks to help predict future risks.

Minimum Years of Experience - 3

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Working in a tactical/strategic role cultivating intelligence sources, analyzing information, creating intelligence, and hunting for exposures or related incidents
• Researching current and emerging threats, malware analysis, campaign assessment, data collection and analysis
• Researching threat actors and cultivating and assessing new sources of threat information and intelligence
• Collecting, assessing, and cataloguing threat indicators and responsibility for adding context to threat indicators to convey urgency, severity, and credibility.
• Risk management.
• Maintaining knowledge of threat landscape by monitoring OSINT and related sources
• Tracking cyber threat actors and their infrastructure with a view to disrupting their activity
• Collaborating with appropriate business partners and lines of business to analyze threats.
• Escalating issues to management in a timely manner with appropriate information regarding risk and impact
• Exercising independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Working with incident response teams to assist with contextualizing the threat and facilitating the identification, mitigation, and containment of cyber-security incidents.
• Drafting well-written analytical assessments and providing briefings to response teams, enterprise counterparts, and senior leadership on key issues

Required Skills:
• Former experience as a cyber threat intelligence analyst is necessary reporting on the nation-state or cyber-criminal threats.
• Foreign language fluency (Chinese/Russian/Arabic/Korean) is desired.
• Technical or information security certifications are also strong plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify patterns and correlations in threat data.
• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) with executives and other stakeholders in non-technical terms while accurately encompassing risk, impact, likelihood, containment and remediation activities, and threat actor techniques, tactics, and procedures.
• Proficiency in cybersecurity tools and techniques, as well as knowledge of common cyber threats and attack vectors.
• Understanding of current cybersecurity trends, threats, and concepts.
• Familiarity with cyber threat intelligence frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the Diamond Model.

Desired Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher-level degree.

1st shift (United States of America)