Threat Intelligence Analyst - Bank Of Ireland - Dublin

Job description

Job description

The Technology Security Operations (TSO) Vulnerability, Threat and Security Engineering Team at Bank of Ireland have a remit of discovering, assessing and reporting of any potential vulnerabilities or potential threat toward Bank of Ireland.

This team currently has the following work streams:

· Cyber-Threat Intelligence Collation, Analysis & Distribution
· Vulnerability Identification, Assessment and Communication
· Engineering & Technical Support for Selected Security Controls

The Threat Intelligence Analyst is responsible for the collection and analysis of multiple open source and subscription data points to collate intelligence that focuses on strategic adversarial activities. The Analyst will support IT operations to respond to cyber incidents by providing insightful threat analysis and will ensure that threat feeds are analysed and appropriate stakeholders informed. The produced threat intelligence will be used by many different areas within the organization.

Key responsibilities:

· Conducts intelligence analysis of external threats targeting the banking industry
· Leverages internal data stores in order to gauge the potential impact on business operations
· Engages in intelligence collection in order to further refine the organisation`s understanding of the current threat environment
· Drive the normalisation, correlation, and integration of internal and subscription threat intelligence sources
· Support production of signatures and IOC sets based on internal and externally sourced data and information
· Create threat assessments based on trends and incidents

Key Requirements of this role:

Education requirements

· Minimum of Fetac Level 7 Ordinary degree in IT security or equivalent discipline

Preferable requirements

· Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis and the ability to determine the root cause of threat issues
· Converts data into business tools; designs and owns dashboards and tracking reports that present data concisely and meaningfully well-developed communication, interpersonal and presentation skills

Experience

· Proven experience in an IT Security Operations team or other relevant team.
· Good technical knowledge of IT Systems and Security Controls,
· Knowledge of technologies such as, Wintel, UNIX systems, Networking
· Experience performing system technical assessments
· GIAC certifications are preferred but not required

Key Attributes

· Good communicator
· Ability to write clear and concise analytical information products
· Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build productive working relationships with others
· Ability to work with and understand technical indicators of threat activity
· Open attitude to change

Group Behavioural Competencies

· Serving Customers
· Desiring Quality
· Communicating
· Working Together
Remuneration and benefits