Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

As a Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist, you will play a crucial role in operationalising threat intelligence within our organisation. By tracking and analysing the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of threat actors, campaigns, and malware, you will produce actionable intelligence to protect our systems and data. This role involves generating timely alerts, briefs, and analytical assessments tailored to our environment, supporting threat hunting initiatives, the wider cyber security teams and the business.  

The Role

Provide support to Information Cyber Security from across the business by undertaking activities which include:

• Lead operational cyber threat intelligence efforts by focusing on the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures used by threat actors and mapping these to our operational environment.
• Develop and refine intelligence collection techniques as the Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist, consistently updating methods to meet the intelligence requirements of WTW related to emerging cyber threats. 
• Generate comprehensive assessments on cyber threats, attacks, threat actors and external incidents relevant to WTW while supporting threat hunting with both technical and non-technical data analysis.
• Conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection and analysis to identify imminent cyber threats, malicious codes, suspicious domains, and vulnerabilities.
• Utilize advanced threat intelligence tools and methodologies for investigating and analysing potential security incidents.
• Create and deliver both written and verbal intelligence products to internal stakeholders, providing timely and accurate threat insights.
• Offer subject matter expertise on cyber threats to support ongoing and future analytical operations and strategic initiatives.
• Ensure a rapid response capability to cyber incidents to minimize risk exposure and downtime as part of your responsibilities.
• Provide actionable intelligence to effectively mitigate potential threats and enhance the WTW’s security posture.
• A key member of a global team.

The Requirements

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey security and risk-related concepts to a broad audience.
• Proven experience in developing, maintaining, and applying Threat Intelligence; skilled in information validation and reliability assessment.
• A proactive mindset with a strong interest in threat intelligence and wider cybersecurity practices. 
• In-depth understanding of the Kill Chain, Diamond Model of Analysis, and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Solid knowledge of security controls, detection capabilities, firewall and proxy technologies, anti-virus, IDS/IPS, and other digital environment security solutions.
• Acute awareness of valuable organisational assets for threat actors and breach methodologies.
• Experience working in one or more of threat intelligence, security operations, or forensics.
• Experience in analysing malware, hacking tools, and threat actor tactics, techniques and procedures to characterize threat actors’ technical methods for accomplishing their missions.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

WTW an Equal Opportunity Employer