Senior Cyber Threat Analyst

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As a Senior Cyber Threat Analyst within our Cyber Threat Monitoring Team, you will make a significant impact in enhancing our ability to anticipate, detect, analyze, and respond to cyber threats and proactively mitigate cyber risks effectively. With a focus on Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and Threat Hunting, you will lead efforts to strengthen our security posture through proactive threat analysis, intelligence production, and alignment with industry frameworks and best practice guidance. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and interfacing with organizational leaders, you will contribute to innovative detection and response capabilities that protect our networks, systems, data, employees, and clients. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cybersecurity with an analytical mindset, a passion for continuous learning and growth, and expertise in enhancing detection capabilities while delivering strategic threat insights.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Perform strategic and operational CTI functions, including producing and disseminating weekly, monthly, and quarterly emails, products, reports, and briefings on the evolving threat landscape to internal stakeholders and senior leaders

Monitor open-source, closed-source, and vendor-provided threat intelligence and current events to stay abreast of emerging cyber risks, threats, vulnerabilities, trends, and best practices, and make recommendations for proactive defense strategies and continuous process improvements

Enhance threat detection and response capabilities by supporting the development and enhancement of SOC and incident response (IR) procedures, escalation playbooks, and analyst decision trees

Analyze and identify the likely threats targeting the organization through analysis of alert and IOC trends and use this information to build threat intelligence reporting and develop threat hunting strategies

Develop and maintain threat profiles of relevant threat actors likely to target or actively targeting the organization, including a catalog of their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework

Assist in SOC and IR escalations and investigations, providing expert guidance and context to ensure IR-related actions are threat-informed, effective, and timely

Conduct threat, risk, and vulnerability assessments to provide actionable and prioritized remediation and control enhancement guidance to relevant control and system owners

Work with Vulnerability Management to assist with developing and implementing threat-informed patch prioritization efforts, including through direct engagement with systems owners

Collaborate with the Red Team and Cyber Incident Management to develop relevant red team assessments, penetration tests, incident response trainings, social engineering tests, and tabletop exercises

Using a threat-informed approach, plan and perform threat hunting activities by proactively searching across various logs within the Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) solution and other security tools to identify previously undetected and unknown anomalous and malicious activity and indicators

Conduct proactive analysis of alert trends to support intelligence reporting and to identify and prioritize missing or ineffective detection capabilities

Perform privileged and general user access reviews across various platforms (Windows, Unix/Linux, RHEL, databases, network components, applications, cloud infrastructure) to identify anomalies and escalate appropriately

Collaborate with DLP and other security teams on insider risk initiatives, collaborating and coordinating efforts to identify and mitigate potential threats from within

Develop, enhance, and maintain procedures, standards, and policies for CTI and threat hunting processes

Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on security awareness messaging and training

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

5+ years of experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and/or related roles

Significant relevant experience (e.g., military) in one or more of the above roles may be considered in lieu of a degree

Familiarity with the Intelligence Cycle, Threat Intelligence Platforms, and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Excellent collaboration and communication skills, particularly in high-stress situations

Ability to produce products at the tactical, operational, and strategic level and to articulate findings and assessments effectively

A desire to understand and maintain awareness of changes to the cyber threat and risk landscape, including related geopolitical risks that may impact our overall security posture

Strong analytical skills and priority management

Nice to Have:

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Hands-on experience in two or more of the following areas: Security Operations, Incident Response, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering, Security Engineering, Insider Threat Analysis, Digital Forensics, All-Source Intelligence, Penetration Testing, Red Teaming, Network Security Management, Cyber Risk Management, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Management, Malware Analysis

Experience in the financial services sector and familiarity with security best practices, regulatory requirements, and industry frameworks (e.g., NYDFS, FFIEC, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SWIFT CSF, OWASP)

Experience with threat hunting and developing custom detection rules using query languages (e.g., Splunk SPL, Microsoft KQL)

Experience with perimeter, host, and identity defense and monitoring technologies such as EDR/AV, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, WAF, DLP, UEBA, email gateway, sandboxing, and other security tools and terminology

Familiarity with risk scoring, threat analysis, threat hunting, and threat modeling techniques

Experience with Microsoft Defender (MDE, MDI, Defender for Cloud Apps) and Purview Insider Risk Management

Relevant certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GSEC, GCTI, CTIA, CEH, Security+

Experience with programming or scripting (Python, SQL, Powershell)

Salary Range

NJ/MA: $110,000 to $160,000 base salary + annual bonus target

BBH and its affiliates' compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range(s) shown above are only for the indicated location(s) and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheck—providing you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being.

We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.

About BBH:

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