Threat Intelligence Analyst

Recorded Future•Washington, DC

4h•$92,500 - $139,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Recorded Future’s Insikt Group is seeking a Threat Intelligence Analyst for its Threat Research & Analysis (TR&A) team. The analyst will track nation-state and cybercriminal threat actors and emerging cyber threats relevant to clients. TR&A is a distributed team that monitors, reports on, and writes detections for state-sponsored and financially motivated threat actors. The role combines proactive monitoring and in-depth research into threat actor infrastructure, tools, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), producing actionable finished intelligence and detections. The analyst will follow emerging threats and adapt research focus as the threat landscape and client priorities change. The position requires working from a Recorded Future office in Boston, Massachusetts, or Arlington, Virginia, at least three days per week.

Requirements

Passion for threat hunting and threat intelligence.
Demonstrable understanding of malicious infrastructure detection, including command-and-control systems and botnets, in the context of cybersecurity, pivoting, network defense, and business risk.
Ability to use AI and large language models to automate routine work and accelerate workflows while maintaining rigorous human verification of intelligence.
Demonstrable experience conducting technical threat analysis and research.
Demonstrable experience with structured analytical techniques, the intelligence cycle, and intelligence writing techniques and methodologies.
Fluency with common CTI research and data-analysis tools or datasets, such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch and Kibana), Maltego, Modat, Shodan, or Censys, or similar tools and datasets.
In-depth understanding of TCP/IP and other networking protocols, and network traffic analysis techniques.
Experience working directly with customers and strong written and verbal communication skills to explain complex technical and non-technical concepts.
Practical experience using threat intelligence analysis models such as MITRE ATT&CK, the Diamond Model, and the Cyber Kill Chain.
Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, including the ability to work with globally distributed team members.
At least 2 years of experience in information security and/or threat intelligence.
Ability to work from a Recorded Future office in Boston, Massachusetts, or Arlington, Virginia, at least 3 days per week.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in Arabic, Turkish, or Persian/Farsi to support region-specific research.
MA/MS degree or equivalent experience in computer science, computer engineering, information security, or a related field.
Scripting capabilities, preferably Python.
Experience writing network and/or endpoint signature detections using Suricata, Snort, YARA, SIGMA, or similar tools.
Experience with business risk analysis or communicating business risks to executives.

Responsibilities

Proactively hunt for threat actors by developing methods to identify, create signatures for, and validate malicious infrastructure.
Conduct technical research into nation-state and cybercriminal threat actors, analyzing their tools and TTPs and producing finished intelligence for clients and the Recorded Future public blog.
Represent Insikt Group as a subject matter expert in customer briefings, media engagements, and public research dissemination, with a focus on malicious infrastructure and regional threat landscapes.
Collaborate with geopolitical and regional analysis teams on cross-functional research.
Mentor and guide team analysts, promote knowledge sharing and skill development, and advance the team’s collective expertise.
Improve threat intelligence processes, tools, and methodologies, including identifying opportunities for automation and greater efficiency.
Monitor technical publications, blogs, and trusted sharing communities to stay current on threat actor tradecraft and the global malware landscape.