Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Overview

• Job Position: Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst Role Summary The Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst serves as a senior member of the Cyber Threat Intelligence program and is responsible for independently collecting, analyzing, enriching, and disseminating actionable intelligence on emerging cyber threats, adversary activity, and evolving attack trends.
• This role transforms complex technical and strategic threat information into actionable insights that support security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, and enterprise risk decisions.
• The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in cyber threat intelligence tradecraft, threat actor tracking, infrastructure analysis, and intelligence production.
• They operate with minimal supervision, lead complex intelligence investigations, provide authoritative threat assessments, and serve as a trusted advisor to technical teams and leadership.
• Success requires strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, technical curiosity, and the ability to communicate intelligence effectively across a broad range of stakeholders.
• Your Opportunity NXP is a global player in Semiconductor industry, and security is an essential and integral part of our business.
• Job Responsibility Monitor and assess emerging cyber threats, adversary activity, malware campaigns, and vulnerability exploitation trends.
• Track threat actors and analyze their capabilities, targeting, infrastructure, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Conduct technical investigations using threat intelligence, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and infrastructure analysis techniques.
• Correlate intelligence from multiple sources and assess potential impact to the organization.
• Lead indicator of compromise (IOC) collection, enrichment, validation, and lifecycle management activities.
• Maintain intelligence records, indicators, and threat artifacts within the organization’s Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP).
• Develop and disseminate actionable threat advisories, intelligence reports, and emerging threat notifications.
• Support intelligence-sharing efforts with internal stakeholders and trusted external partners.
• Produce tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence products for technical and business audiences.
• Deliver intelligence briefings to security teams, leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Provide threat-informed recommendations that improve organizational awareness and preparedness.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on adversary activity, emerging threats, and cyber risk trends.
• Provide intelligence support during cybersecurity investigations and incident response activities.
• Perform adversary-focused analysis to support incident scoping, attribution, and impact assessments.
• Partner with Security Operations, Vulnerability Management, and Risk teams to provide threat context and intelligence insights.
• Identify intelligence gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities to strengthen defensive capabilities.
• Job Qualification Professional Experience 10+ years of experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Research, Incident Response, Security Operations, or related cybersecurity disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience tracking threat actors, malware campaigns, adversary infrastructure, and emerging cyber threats.
• Experience producing tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence products for technical and executive audiences.
• Proven ability to independently conduct investigations, develop actionable intelligence, and brief stakeholders.
• Familiarity with nation-state actors, sophisticated cybercriminal groups, and supply chain threats.
• Experience in intelligence-driven hunting to identify suspicious network activity and potential risks.
• Technical Skills Strong understanding of threat intelligence tradecraft, intelligence lifecycle methodologies, and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Knowledge of cyber threat intelligence frameworks and methodologies including MITRE ATT&CK, ATT&CK Navigator, Diamond Model, Cyber Kill Chain, STIX/TAXII, Intelligence Lifecycle, and Structured Analytic Techniques.
• Experience with Threat Intelligence Platforms such as Anomali, ThreatQ, ThreatConnect, OpenCTI, MISP, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with intelligence and OSINT tools such as Maltego, VirusTotal, Shodan, Censys, DomainTools, PassiveTotal, GreyNoise, URLScan, SecurityTrails, or similar investigative platforms.
• Knowledge of threat actor clustering methodologies used to track adversary campaigns, intrusion sets, and threat group activity.
• Experience conducting infrastructure analysis involving domains, DNS, passive DNS, IP addresses, ASNs, WHOIS records, certificates, hosting providers, and internet-facing assets.
• Familiarity with STIX/TAXII, YARA, Sigma, Snort, Suricata, malware analysis concepts, and intelligence automation techniques.
• Experience with Python, data mining, Elasticsearch, ELK Stack, Databricks, large-scale data analysis, and threat intelligence correlation workflows.
• Soft Skills Strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, and technical curiosity.
• Strong communication and technical writing skills.
• Ability to communicate intelligence effectively to technical, business, and leadership stakeholders.
• Ability to operate with minimal supervision and lead complex intelligence investigations.
• Certifications (Preferred) Industry certifications such as GCTI, CTIA, GCIH, GCFA, CISSP, or equivalent cybersecurity and threat intelligence certifications.
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