Cyber Threat Intelligence Strategist

Job Description:

• Lead the development of threat intelligence strategies to inform and improve our products and internal cybersecurity controls.

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining OSINT research environments, developing OSINT tradecraft, principles, and techniques, and identifying and tracking targeted intrusion cyber threats, trends, and new developments by cyber threat actors through analysis of proprietary and open source datasets.

You will work closely with internal stakeholders and the wider cybersecurity community to ensure that Canonical is recognized as a thought leader on open source threat intelligence. This includes collaborating across teams to inform on activity of interest, coordinating adversary/campaign tracking, and contributing to the wider threat intelligence community.

Additionally, you will work with product and engineering teams to explain cybersecurity threats and advise on mitigation strategies, and work with the OPSEC and IS team to help implement/update security controls prioritizing cyber defence.

1. Build and own Canonical's threat intelligence strategy
2. Build and maintain OSINT research environments
3. Develop OSINT tradecraft, principals, and techniques
4. Identify and track targeted intrusion cyber threats, trends, and new developments by cyber threat actors through analysis of proprietary and open source datasets
5. Collaborate across teams to inform on activity of interest
6. Coordinate adversary/campaign tracking
7. Contribute to the wider threat intelligence community, establishing Canonical as a key contributor and thought leader in the space
8. Work with product and engineering teams to explain cybersecurity threats and advise on mitigation strategies
9. Work with the OPSEC and IS team to help implement/update security controls prioritising cyber defence
10. Identify intelligence gaps and propose new tools and research projects to fill them
11. Conduct briefings for executives, internal stakeholders and external customers

• An experienced threat intelligence leader (or similar)
• Knowledgeable about the current open source threat landscape and computer networking/infrastructure concepts
• Highly competent with OSINT tools (e.g., Buscador, Trace Labs OSINT VM, OSINT Framework, Maltego, Shodan, social media scraping tools, etc.)
• Able to identify, organise, catalogue, and track adversary tradecraft trends — often with incomplete data
• Experienced using threat intelligence data to influence enterprise architecture or product development decisions
• An excellent communicator with the ability to clearly articulate and tailor technical content to a variety of audiences

Desired Characteristics:

• A professional portfolio of OSINT related scripts, tools, or frameworks
• Demonstrated involvement in the larger OSINT community (please share relevant links)
• Degree qualified, with a bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related field
• Certifications in related areas (e.g. GOSI, SANS SEC487 & SEC587, IntelTechniques OSIP, etc)
• Experience in a tech company or government/military signal intelligence departments

• A distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• A personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events