Threat Intelligence Vulnerability Lead - Leeds, United Kingdom - Anson McCade Ltd - IT and Finance Recruitment

Anson McCade Ltd - IT and Finance Recruitment
Anson McCade Ltd - IT and Finance Recruitment
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Leeds, United Kingdom

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Location:
Leeds - On site, shift work.

12 month contract, likely to be extended

£700-£800 per day


Our Client, a world leader in cyber threat and security, is seeking a SOC Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Lead to support the day-to-day operation and incremental improvement of a dedicated Security Operations Centre (SOC) for a major UK CNI organization.


The Threat Intelligence Lead will collate relevant Threat Intelligence (TI) for the SOC, including understanding vulnerabilities, cyber defences, and attack paths that an attacker may use to gain access to the monitored estate.


This role requires advanced technical knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems, core networking concepts and technologies, malware behaviour and techniques, and malware analysis and reverse engineering techniques.


This roles will require a minimum of SC clearance.

Threat Intelligence Vulnerability Lead Responsibilities:


  • Produce and maintain threat assessments to provide a clear understanding of the customer threat landscape.
  • Maintain the IoC database tailored to the monitored environment and threats and ensure changes are pushed to the detection systems in a timely manner.
  • Maintain threat profiles and threat modelling and applicability to the monitored estate
  • Gather and maintain a set of TI requirements that define the threats that will be monitored, tracked and researched by the TI Team.
  • Oversee the collection, collation and maintenance of threat data collected from open and closed sources
  • Conduct analysis and research to determine the identity, motivations, relationships, targets / victims, capabilities, tooling and infrastructure of threat groups relevant to customer.

Threat Intelligence Vulnerability Lead Technical Requirements:

  • Working in a Threat Intelligence team developing threat intelligence products for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Performing malware analysis and reverse engineering.
  • Conducting threat assessments and defining threat intelligence requirements.
  • Developing and maintaining threat data sources.
  • Advanced knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems and use of the command line.
  • Advanced knowledge of core networking concepts and technologies e.g. TCP/IP.
  • Intermediate knowledge of malware behaviour and techniques employed by attackers to evade security controls.
  • Intermediate knowledge of malware analysis and reverse engineering techniques.

Threat Intelligence Vulnerability Lead Non-Technical Requirements:

  • Client side consulting, including stakeholder engagement and the ability to communicate insights and concepts to others (including briefing skills and report writing)
  • Able to understand and adapt to different cultures and hierarchical structures.
  • Team player and adept at working in multidisciplinary and diverse teams
  • Proven analytical skills capable of solving new and complex technical problems.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate the impact and importance of detailed technical information to nontechnical and senior audiences.
  • Leading and managing small teams of highly skilled technical people.
  • Managing and building relationships with customer and internal stakeholders.
  • Selfmotivated and motivates others keeping morale and performance high.
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