Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Specialist

4 weeks ago


Downtown Toronto Regent Park Port of Toronto, Canada CoreFactor Inc. Full time
Cybersecurity Threat Analyst

CoreFactor Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Cybersecurity Threat Analyst to join our team on a contract basis in the GTA.

This role is remote, but the successful candidate must be located in Canada and be willing to work EST business hours.

About this Role:

The successful candidate will work with our internal teams to develop new approaches for detecting and tracking threats, adversaries, techniques, tools, and infrastructure in a rapidly evolving, hybrid threat landscape. Identification of threats and mitigating controls will be a key output.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop threat assessments leveraging output from multiple external services and internal tools
  • Proactive hunting for real cyber threats internal and external to our network
  • Create comprehensive intelligence reports and analysis for Cybersecurity stakeholders and operations teams
  • Assist in the development of future internal/external red-team practices, control assessment technologies and services
  • Work closely with Cybersecurity Operations and Governance teams to identify and mitigate risk
  • Primary point of contact for external threat consultants
  • Hunt for exposed sensitive data and report findings to Cybersecurity stakeholders
  • Execute table top simulations and penetration tests to expose vulnerable areas of our environment

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity related role
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills with an eye for detail and the ability to articulate business needs
  • Broad knowledge of Information Security principles and best practices across infrastructure and applications
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Incident Response methodology and attacker tradecraft
  • Experience tracking or emulating adversaries and investigations that span on-premise and cloud-based compromises, including cloud-based email and infrastructure
  • Experience working closely with external threat intelligence analysts to understand their workflow and analytic problems and turning those into large-scale analytics and repeatable methodologies
  • Demonstrated capability to analyze, present and prioritize complex threat intelligence information in a meaningful way to advise change
  • Experience with detection creation methodologies across multiple platforms
  • Ability to utilize data on attacker behavior uptake and global impact to prioritize security detection and remediation tasks
  • Understanding of network protocols and analytical experience with network infrastructure data & telemetry
  • Functional understanding of common threat analysis models such as the Diamond Model, Cyber Kill Chain, and MITRE ATT&CK and experience using them to track attacks
  • Programming or scripting background in Python and/or PowerShell is a plus
  • Strong Knowledge of IT infrastructure and components, OSI model, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN networking, internet technologies and other related protocols
  • CISSP, CISM, GSEC, GCTI, GCIH or other relevant industry certifications are a plus
  • Considerable technical expertise to undertake log analysis
  • Proven track record of successfully managing and executing on short-term and long-term projects


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