Assistant Vice President, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem.  Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective.  Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day. 

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies.  We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people.  Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

• Pivotal purpose
• Trusted guardian
• Targeted innovation
• Facilitate connections
• Delivering excellence
• Inclusive culture

Job information:

• Functional title – Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
• Department – IT Security
• Corporate level – Assistant Vice President 
• Report to – Executive Director
• Location - London, onsite 2 days per week

 

 

Job purpose:

CLS is seeking a highly motivated, and skilled Operational Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst to join a global threat management team. The role will be located in London. The position will report to the Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence and will proactively identify, investigate, and mitigate advanced cyber threats across our organization’s network and systems. Leveraging a deep understanding of the latest attack techniques, threat actor tactics, and security tools, you will help safeguard our infrastructure and ensure the resilience of our networks. The ideal candidate will be aware of industry trends and frameworks and how they could impact our business, including threat actor groups, their TTPs, and intrusion activities.

 

This position requires someone with an analytical mind, a quick learner, and the ability to create and deliver briefings, propose, and execute program initiative’s/improvements, and collaborate with a wide range of key stakeholders.

 

 

Job Description:

• Collects, processes, and disseminates cyber threat intelligence from varying sources, including open-source reports, information sharing partners, and vendor reports to create actionable results for internal stakeholders
• Assist in identifying and mitigating sophisticated cyber threats, leveraging a variety of tools, techniques, and data sources
• Collaborate with Senior Threat Hunter to research, document, and develop Use Cases and Hypotheses for proactive hunting in cyber security tools including SIEM, EDR, and IDS/IPS (extract TTPs and behaviours from research to apply to logging and tool queries/hunts and detections)
• Research, document and develop threat detections based on behavioural attributes of actors, malware operators, and general threats
• Coordinate and produce strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence products for business units, technical teams, and executive stakeholders
• Provide situational awareness on current threat landscape and maintain knowledge of adversary activities including geopolitical implications and TTPs to brief varying teams
• Assess emerging threats against our operational environment and work in partnership with our security teams for detection, mitigation, and remediation efforts
• Perform trend and correlation of cyber intelligence for recommendation-based countermeasures
• Support and engage in incident response investigations
• Perform basic network security analysis in support of intrusion detection operations, including the development and enrichment of indicators used to enhance network security posture
• Produce reports for both executive and technical stakeholders and be able to brief all stakeholders.

 

 

Experience:

• 3+ years of direct cyber threat intelligence experience
• 4+ years of progressive experience in information security (cyber security) field, preferable in Threat Intelligence, Security Operations or Incident Response roles
• Understanding of intelligence lifecycle and risk management
• Knowledge of fundamentals of threat actors’ TTPs
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and mapping
• Experience with threat intelligence platforms and analysing indicators of compromise, TTPs, and adversary behaviour
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, network protocols, and deep packet inspection
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Individual contributor whilst also contributing to a small team
• Self-motivated with ability to work with minimal supervision

 

 

Qualifications/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity studies, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, International Relations, or related discipline
• Security certification such as SANS GIAC (or equivalent) ideally GCTI, GOSI, or working towards certification (or equivalent)
• Experience with threat intelligence and SOC/CIRT interaction
• Splunk experience is highly preferred
• Basic scripting or automation knowledge, especially Python experience is highly preferred
• Experience with automating CTI use cases, especially in a Threat Intelligence Platform
• Experience with SIEM, EDR solutions, network monitoring tools, and other cyber security tools
• Experience with threat intelligence vendors
• Ability to work on-site at least twice a week in London and/or participate in local intelligence sharing groups

 

 

Desired Skills:

• Financial sector experience

 

Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

• Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
• 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
• Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
• Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
• Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
• Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
• Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
• Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
• Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
• Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
• Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
• Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
• Annual flu vaccinations.
• Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
• Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
• All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
• Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.