Threat Intelligence Lead

Help us create a better future, quicker. SP Energy Networks (SPEN) has kicked off an ambitious security transformation programme to transparently reduce risk, achieve compliance with NIS regulations and deliver a cyber resilient business. The Threat Intelligence Lead will be essential in achieving our goals. This role will be integrated into an active and ambitious global cyber security function, contributing to SPEN’s cyber security purpose of delivering cyber resilient OT and IT, to enable a safe and reliable electricity supply to customers.

What you’ll be doing:

• The role will analyse intelligence and open-source information to identify, monitor, assess and counter potential threats posed by threat actors against the business and sector.
• The primary aim is to undertake detection engineering and develop indicators, identifying and maintaining awareness of the operating environment which can often be a changing and evolving one.
• The role will collect, process, analyse and disseminate threat assessments and indicators.
• It will undertake risk management by mapping threats against the threat assessment relative to SPEN and the energy sector, and it will provide senior management with updates on the current threat intelligence picture.
• There will also be the chance to research new and specialist techniques, working cross industry, and helping to shape SPEN's OT LAB.
• This person will be accountable for liaising and curating long term relationships with stakeholders to understand, document, prioritise, and communicate intelligence requirements.
• They’ll collaborate with threat detection, security monitoring, and incident response teams, providing subject matter expertise, sharing knowledge and developing/ coordinating intelligence sharing with trust groups.
• Other parts of the role involve identifying and supporting the integration of threat intelligence sources, commercial or other, to ensure the organisation has robust coverage of the threat landscape they face.
• Supporting the Threat Detection Manager in the analytic content, detection concepts, and network and host-based detection methods.

What you’ll bring:

• Demonstrable experience building and exploiting a central corpus of threat intelligence.
• Experience setting strategy, creating and executing plans, and managing progress tracking and reporting to senior stakeholders.
• A robust understanding of key principles of threat intelligence analysis, and how to communicate the impact of technical analysis to non-technical stakeholders.
• An understanding of collection techniques, strategic analysis techniques, common commercial data sources, and the intelligence collection opportunities from cyber security services such as incident response, managed services and wider security projects.
• Familiarity with the application of threat modelling techniques, such as the Diamond model, Kill Chain, and F3EAD.

What’s in it for you:

• 36 days annual leave.
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave.
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme.
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding.
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases.
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change.
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving.
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans.
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments.
• Life Assurance (4x salary).
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support.
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more.

Why SP Energy Networks:

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing over £5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.

Please note that any applicant who is not a resident of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary immigration requirements.