Threat Intelligence Expert

Role: Threat Intelligence Expert

Location: Hyderabad

About the job

Our Team:

Our Security Operations & SOC team, reporting directly to the CISO alongside the Security Architecture and Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams, plays a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing the security posture of our organization. Under the leadership of the Security Operations & SOC Lead, this team ensures our organization's resilience against cybersecurity threats and incidents.

Main responsibilities:

The Threat Intelligence FTE, reporting to the Security Operations & SOC Lead, will play a crucial role in our cybersecurity efforts. This position is responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of threat intelligence. The role focuses on identifying, monitoring, and mitigating threats to ensure the security and integrity of our organization's digital infrastructure. The Threat Intelligence FTE will work closely with other cybersecurity teams to provide actionable intelligence and support proactive defence measures.

Specific responsibilities of this role include:

• Monitor threat intelligence feeds and actively hunt for potential threats:
  • Regularly review and analyse threat intelligence feeds from various sources.
  • Identify and assess potential threats and vulnerabilities relevant to the organization.
  • Provide timely and actionable threat intelligence reports to the SOC.
  • Collaborate with the incident response team to investigate and mitigate identified threats.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the latest threat landscape and emerging threats.
• Drive threat modelling and simulation:
  • Develop and maintain threat models to evaluate potential risks and impacts.
  • Conduct threat simulations and exercises to test the organization's defences.
  • Analyse results from simulations to identify areas for improvement.
  • Provide recommendations to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.
  • Collaborate with other cybersecurity teams to integrate threat modelling into broader security strategies.

About you

• Experience:
  • 5-7 years of professional experience (equivalent combination of experience and education accepted)
  • Previous work in an international environment.
  • In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity principles, practices, and technologies across digital domains (network, cloud, endpoint, applications, data).
  • Demonstrated experience in working within cybersecurity teams, particularly in threat intelligence teams.
  • Proven track record of contributing to the design and implementation of security solutions tailored to the unique challenges of threat monitoring, modelling, and simulation.
• Soft skills:
  • Broad experience in working in large digital teams, with an understanding of how digital and business processes are linked.
  • Stakeholder management and communication skills, especially when interacting with senior leadership.
  • Skilled problem solver and self-starter.
  • A hands-on pragmatic attitude to driving change.
  • Positive, "can-do" attitude.
• Technical skills:
  • High level of proficiency in Sentinel.
  • Understanding of emerging threats and mitigation techniques (e.g., threat detection, threat hunting, intrusion analysis).
  • Experience with AGILE or similar project management frameworks.
  • Working knowledge of common information security management frameworks (ISO/IEC 27001, ITIL, NIST, NISD, CISSP/CCSP, QxP, CIS20).
• Education:
  • Bachelor’s and master’s degree (preferred) in any of the following fields of study: Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or Information Security
• Languages:
  • English