Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst with a strong technical background in cybersecurity and previous experience in creating high-quality customer-facing content. This individual will play a key role in researching emerging cyber threats and developing content such as white papers, blog posts, webinars, and other marketing materials with ExtraHop’s marketing team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of threat actors and cybersecurity trends, combined with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical findings.

As a Senior CTI Analyst, you will work independently and collaborate with Detection Engineers, Threat Researchers and Data Scientists to analyze cyber threats and the marketing team to develop compelling and informative content that showcases the team’s findings and positions the company as a thought leader in the industry. 

ExtraHop R&D supports fully-flexible work options that include full-time onsite, hybrid, and fully remote working arrangements. Except for a few roles that require physical access, we believe in supporting you in making the choice that works best for you and makes the team successful. 

Key Responsibilities

• Threat intelligence research and analysis:
• Conduct in-depth research on emerging network security threats, threat actors, vulnerabilities, and malware campaigns.
• Generate, collect, and enrich internal threat intelligence, including collections of IOCs, and Threat Actor Profiles.
• Analyze customer logs and telemetry to identify new and novel threats.
• Reproduce and simulate attack techniques in lab environments to understand their network signatures and to ensure thorough detection coverage. 
• Continuously monitor threat intelligence sources to stay on top of emerging threats and trends.
• Present findings and work results to other internal teams.
• Content creation:
• Produce high-quality, customer-facing strategic, operational, and tactical-level written assessments, including white papers, blog posts, and case studies.
• Create and deliver engaging webinars, video content, and presentations to communicate research findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Work closely with the marketing team to craft messages that align with the company’s brand and objectives.
• Mentorship:
• Mentor others regarding Threat Intelligence, intelligence writing, threat actor tracking and attribution, and threat hunting. 

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in threat research or threat intelligence
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cyber threat actors TTPs.
• Proven experience applying structure analytical techniques and intelligence methodologies to assess adversary activity, including the intelligence cycle, intelligence writing best practices, and frameworks such as the Diamond Model
• Familiarity with threat modeling and adversary tracking frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, the Cyber Kill Chain, and related models to support campaign clustering, detection development, and intelligence reporting
• Experience is producing public-facing strategic, operational, and tactical-level written content, including white papers, blog posts, newsletters, and/or video content, such as webinars
• Experience with data aggregation, hunting and analysis tools, such as Synapse, MISP, or OpenCTI
• Comfortable using SQL or other query language for threat hunting

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including the OSI model and excellent working knowledge of the key protocols from Layer 2 through Layer 7
• Experience with security tools such as Kali Linux, Wireshark, TShark, tcpdump, Suricata, or other packet capture/analysis tools
• Experience in detecting and reproducing network attacks, such as vulnerability exploitation, system discovery, and lateral movement techniques
• In-depth knowledge of Windows protocols and attack techniques
• Proficient in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Golang, YAML/TOML, etc.)
• Familiarity with software development tools such as: gitlab, github
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including marketing and sales

The salary range for this position is 150,000 - 180,000 + bonus + benefits