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Technology Security - Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
Schedule: M-F
Location: Atlanta, GA or Birmingham, AL
Position Overview
Have you made a career out of staying one step ahead of cunning and well-resourced cyber adversaries through your own initiative, resourcefulness, and critical thinking skills?
A leading US energy company is seeking a cybersecurity expert to join our existing Cyber Threat Intelligence team. The candidate will directly support the company's efforts to address real and potential cyber threats to the company's facilities, personnel, technology, operations, and brand. Our mission is literally keeping the lights on every day!
Southern Company is looking for an analyst with experience in investigating and prioritizing response to cyber threats in collaboration with the larger Security Operations Center (SOC). The team works on proactively understanding the global threat landscape as it manifests on our networks and against our operational assets, informing the company in its responses to these threats. We work across all business units to reduce the most complex security risks the company is facing.
The selected candidate will have a cybersecurity background, with experience in cyber threat analysis and technology platforms used in commercial SOCs. Highly qualified candidates will possess a professional understanding of nation state operations and motivations and will have previous experience operationalizing threat intelligence at an enterprise level. The successful candidate must be focused on results and a self-starter.
Primary Job Responsibilities
Schedule: M-F
Location: Atlanta, GA or Birmingham, AL
Position Overview
Have you made a career out of staying one step ahead of cunning and well-resourced cyber adversaries through your own initiative, resourcefulness, and critical thinking skills?
A leading US energy company is seeking a cybersecurity expert to join our existing Cyber Threat Intelligence team. The candidate will directly support the company's efforts to address real and potential cyber threats to the company's facilities, personnel, technology, operations, and brand. Our mission is literally keeping the lights on every day!
Southern Company is looking for an analyst with experience in investigating and prioritizing response to cyber threats in collaboration with the larger Security Operations Center (SOC). The team works on proactively understanding the global threat landscape as it manifests on our networks and against our operational assets, informing the company in its responses to these threats. We work across all business units to reduce the most complex security risks the company is facing.
The selected candidate will have a cybersecurity background, with experience in cyber threat analysis and technology platforms used in commercial SOCs. Highly qualified candidates will possess a professional understanding of nation state operations and motivations and will have previous experience operationalizing threat intelligence at an enterprise level. The successful candidate must be focused on results and a self-starter.
Primary Job Responsibilities
- Conduct in-depth analysis of adversarial capabilities, infrastructure, and TTPs
- Work with other analysts to understand stakeholder requirements and operationalize data to meet those requirements
- Support the operationalization of EclecticIQ as our threat intelligence platform
- Work with intel and security vendors to improve product utilization and increase their value to Southern Company
- Prepare and present intelligence briefings
- Report on novel analytical findings to inform key stakeholders.
- Support implementation of automation as proposed by the team
- Help with implementation of standardized data collection workflows and use
- Support deployment of honeypot technologies for intelligence collection
- Support leadership in contributing to technology projects, analyzing needs and recommending solutions
- Utilize technologies for cataloging external intelligence, correlating with internal intelligence, and working with SOC to mitigate active threats
- Develop proper documentation and process improvement across all cyber threat intelligence workflows and products
- Prior analysis of cyber activity involving nation state, sophisticated criminal, and supply chain threats
- Have a curious mindset with high-level analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Prior experience in cybersecurity with a focus on threat research or intel analysis
- Prior experience leveraging security event information from existing sources to answer intelligence questions
- Some experience implementing automations through scripting or other code development
- Desire to continue advancing scripting and coding skills as needed
- Desire to configure threat intelligence platforms, specifically EclecticIQ
- Demonstrated capability to prioritize and delegate tasks with oversight from senior staff
- Must be willing to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance
- Basic knowledge of security principles is desired through achievement of security certifications such as CISSP, GSEC, GCTI, GCIH, OSCP
