Threat Intelligence Analyst

Recorded Future•Boston, MA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Recorded Future’s Insikt Group is hiring a Threat Intelligence Analyst for its Threat Research & Analysis (TR&A) team. The role focuses on tracking nation-state and cybercriminal threat actors and emerging cyber threats relevant to clients. As part of a distributed team, the analyst will proactively monitor and research threat actor infrastructure, tools, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and produce actionable finished intelligence and detections. The analyst will adapt research priorities as the threat landscape and client needs change. The position also involves representing Insikt Group in customer briefings, media engagements, and public research; collaborating with geopolitical and regional analysis teams; mentoring colleagues; and improving intelligence processes, tools, and methodologies. The role is based 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 C2s and botnets, in the contexts of cybersecurity, pivoting, network defense, and business risk.
Ability to use AI and large language models to automate routine work and accelerate workflows while applying human review to ensure high-fidelity, verified 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 platforms or tools, such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch and Kibana), Maltego, Modat, Shodan, Censys, and DomainTools, 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 with 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 the Recorded Future office in Boston, MA, or Arlington, VA, at least 3 days per week.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in Arabic, Turkish, or Persian/Farsi to support regional-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, signature, and validate malicious infrastructure.
Conduct technical research into nation-state and cybercriminal threat actors, analyzing their tools and TTPs to produce high-impact finished intelligence for clients and the Recorded Future public blog.
Represent Insikt Group as a subject matter expert through 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 analysts, fostering knowledge sharing, skill development, and professional growth.
Improve and optimize threat intelligence processes, tools, and methodologies, and identify 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.