Description
About Us
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.
We are seeking a talented Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst that specializes in East Asian cyber threats to join us in growing our Cloudforce One Organization. You will be instrumental in building a proactive and threat intelligence-driven approach to protecting Cloudflare and its customers from nation-state, cybercriminal, and hacktivist threat activity originating from the East Asia.
As a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will monitor cyber threat activity, trends, and methodologies across multiple platforms, supporting both client requests and proactive internal research. You will serve an integral role in the discovery and analysis of East Asian cyber threat adversaries, their Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), along with applying knowledge of transnational issues and geopolitical developments to understand adversary actions and anticipate their next moves.
You will obtain key threat intelligence information, synthesizing both technical and non-technical datasets to derive unique insights and author timely reporting related to adversary activity. Reporting will range from brief descriptions of threat actors and their activity to finished intelligence products for clients and the general public.
This will include proposing subject matter for proactive reporting on threat actor TTPs and trends, as well as leading the corresponding reporting efforts. Additionally, Senior Threat Intelligence Analysts will support priority intelligence requirements, ensuring Cloudforce One focuses resources and efforts on our clients' most relevant and crucial intelligence needs.
In this role you will also collaborate with engineering teams to ensure relevant data and analytics are incorporated in internal platforms to improve and/or automate intelligence analysis workflows.
Strong candidates will have excellent OSINT research skills, firsthand experience in Threat Intelligence (in particular, familiarity with advanced persistent threats), a strong technical foundation, practical knowledge of intelligence report writing, and ability to work well in a group of distributed remote team members.
Examples of Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Deep understanding of the cyber threat landscape and the intelligence lifecycle
- Expert knowledge of state-sponsored APT groups in East Asia
- Proven expertise in tracking and clustering multiple threat groups using techniques such as the Cyber Kill Chain or Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis
- Experience with open source intelligence gathering tools and techniques
- Experience tracking and analyzing cyber campaigns utilizing structured analytical techniques involving numerous sources of threat intelligence and varied forms of threat data
- Understanding of the latest security trends as they relate to East Asian cyber threat adversary operations and motivating factors
- Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills
- Experience in network and/or host-based intrusion analysis
- Proficiency in one of the following: Packet, and/or Metadata analysis
- Knowledge of networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP) and datasets relevant to intrusion and network infrastructure analysis
- Experience using a comprehensive data analysis platform, with ability to recognize patterns and transform data into useful information
- Advanced communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills, both internally to CXO level and externally to clients
- Working/in-depth knowledge of technical reporting and editing
- Ability to synthesize technical information and document it, in both a technical and non-technical manner, through written, graphical and verbal representation
- One of the following:
- BA/BS or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, Computer Security, Information Systems, Intelligence, or related discipline, OR
- Military training and experience in Cyber Intelligence, General Intelligence Studies, Security Studies, or related discipline
- At least 10 years experience in one or more of the following:
- Intrusion analysis
- Cyber threat hunting
- Cyber threat intelligence
- Incident response
- Network defense
- Endpoint forensics
- Malware analysis
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate with a globally distributed team
- Willing and eager to share knowledge and mentor colleagues on intrusion analysis and threat intelligence best practices
Bonus Points
- MA/MS or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, Computer Security, Information Systems, Intelligence, or related discipline
- Malware analysis and reverse engineering skills
- Foreign language proficiency in one of the commonly spoken languages of East Asia
- Prior intelligence community background
- Familiarity with detection capabilities and their practical application in tracking malicious activity
- Working knowledge of SQL and devising SQL queries