Senior Threat Assurance Analyst

State Street•Toronto, ON

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Threat and Assurance Analyst reporting directly to the Managing Director for Threat Intelligence and Assurance. This role sits at the intersection of cyber threat intelligence, security assurance, and risk‑informed decision‑making, focused on translating an increasingly dynamic threat landscape into meaningful insight for the firm. In a context where advanced threat actors rapidly evolve their tactics and leverage emerging technologies, you will lead the collection, integration, and analysis of threat intelligence, technical control data, and security testing results to deliver industry‑leading assurance analysis. Your work will provide a cohesive, data‑driven understanding of how real‑world adversaries exploit modern architectures, platforms, and business processes. You will deliver actionable insights to technical control owners, security and risk teams, technology leaders, and business stakeholders, connecting adversary behavior and attack lifecycles to control effectiveness. This role supports threat modeling, secure architecture, and operational design, ensuring assurance activities continuously adapt to changes in both technology and threat actor capabilities. The analyst is expected to innovate, actively exploring automation, data science, and AI‑enabled tools to scale analysis, improve timeliness, and enhance threat‑informed decision‑making. This is a high‑impact role for a forward‑looking professional who thrives in complexity and is driven to evolve how cyber risk is understood and communicated.

Requirements

Cyber threat intelligence
Security assurance
Risk-informed decision-making
Analysis of threat intelligence
Analysis of technical control data
Analysis of security testing results
Understanding of how adversaries exploit modern architectures, platforms, and business processes
Ability to deliver actionable insights
Understanding of adversary behavior and attack lifecycles
Knowledge of threat modeling
Knowledge of secure architecture
Knowledge of operational design
Adaptability to changes in technology and threat actor capabilities
Exploration of automation, data science, and AI-enabled tools

Responsibilities

Lead the collection, integration, and analysis of threat intelligence, technical control data, and security testing results to deliver industry-leading assurance analysis.
Provide a cohesive, data-driven understanding of how real-world adversaries exploit modern architectures, platforms, and business processes.
Deliver actionable insights to technical control owners, security and risk teams, technology leaders, and business stakeholders, connecting adversary behavior and attack lifecycles to control effectiveness.
Support threat modeling, secure architecture, and operational design.
Ensure assurance activities continuously adapt to changes in both technology and threat actor capabilities.
Innovate, actively exploring automation, data science, and AI-enabled tools to scale analysis, improve timeliness, and enhance threat-informed decision-making.