Threat Intelligence Specialist

You are a research-minded threat intelligence professional with experience of analysing and tracking threat campaigns, adversary tooling and infrastructure. You stay abreast of the latest threats, recognise the value of intelligence, and believe it should drive operations. You are a devoted team member who is always willing to lend a hand, mentor a colleague, or increase our global team’s awareness by sharing your knowledge and approaches with others. You are productive, easy to work with, and understand that adherence to a good process is key to excellence.

About Accenture Cyber Intelligence (ACI)

ACI is a global team that spans 13 countries and 4 continents and speaks more than 30 languages. We deliver intelligence analysis, provide industry-leading analytic insights, cyber context, and critical services our clients need to achieve their business-line and strategic-growth initiatives. We value creativity and entrepreneurship, automate and innovate while working with powerful resources and vast data, and guide our clients with an egoless approach to navigating the cyber domain.

Key Responsibilities

• Independent and collaborative production of intelligence alerts and research products.
• Production of ad-hoc cyber threat intelligence alerts and reports aimed at meeting client requirements.
• Deep-dive analysis of threats facing Accenture clients.
• Contribution to the team’s overall delivery effectiveness and efficiency, such as by contributing to analyst workflow automation, developing new tools, and improving existing delivery methodologies.
• Supporting ACI Consulting, ACI Managed Services, Readiness and Testing, Cyber Response and Recovery, and Security Operations/MxDR functions with up-to-date technical intelligence, detection logic and situational awareness on current and emerging threats.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualifications, preferably relating to politics, intelligence, information technology or information security, or equivalent knowledge through apprenticeship, vocational training or work experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in technical threat intelligence or an adjacent role.

Required Skills

• Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Knowledge of open-source intelligence collection, and processing and analysis of multiple data sources, most of which are open source.
• Familiarity using threat intelligence, data analysis or technical analysis tools and platforms.
• Familiarity of using common threat intelligence frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model) in intelligence reporting.
• Experience in tracking adversary infrastructure, intrusions, and malware campaign activity.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to conduct quality assurance and provide feedback.
• Ability to produce intelligence products for varied audiences (tactical, operational, strategic).
• Experience in a similar role.

Desired Skills

• Experience in conducting Attack Surface Assessment or Dark Web research.
• Experience with Intelligence-Led Penetration Testing (ILPT) frameworks such as CREST STAR TI, CBEST, GBEST, TIBER-EU, CORIE, iCAST or AASE.
• Understanding of geopolitical landscape and how real-world events and geopolitics influence cyber activity.
• Experience in project management or leading peers during engagements.
• Experience delivering presentations and managing client relations.
• Ability to obtain and hold national security clearance.
• CREST Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst, SANS FOR578 or equivalent qualifications.

Benefits

At Accenture, you will receive a competitive basic salary and an extensive benefits package that includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice. Flexibility and mobility are required, and you may need to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of our first-class services.

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