Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Specialist

About SysteCom:

Together with SysteCom, we are members of the QnR Group. Systecom is a leading technology provider committed to delivering innovative Cybersecurity & IT Infrastructure solutions and services to businesses of all sizes across various sectors. Our mission is to empower organizations with cutting-edge technology solutions that drive efficiency, productivity, and growth.
The position will be hired by SysteCom.



Role overview

We are looking for Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Specialists (Junior/Mid/Senior) to collect, analyse and disseminate cyber threat intelligence across tactical, operational and strategic levels. The role supports detection engineering, incident response and proactive architecture teams by delivering actionable intelligence and contributing to threat hunting, threat modelling and detection gap assessment activities.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

JUNIOR

• Monitor basic threat feeds and open-source intelligence.
• Assist in the collection and aggregation of cyber threat data (including cloud-specific intelligence from CSPs and MSSPs) and contribute towards making threat data actionable for detection engineering and mitigation teams.
• Support senior threat intelligence specialists in basic threat assessments.
• Assist in the dissemination of threat intelligence within the organisation.
• Collect and analyse cyber threat data from various sources; monitor and interpret emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
• Maintain and update threat intelligence databases.
• Assist in producing basic threat assessments and reports.
• Identify ways to improve the actionability of team outputs.
• Collaborate with senior specialists to identify threat trends.
• Execute threat hunting campaigns based on hypotheses defined by the Threat Hunting lead; assist in gathering and pre-processing data for threat hunting exercises.
  

MID

• Lead the collection and analysis of cyber threat data from multiple sources, including cloud-specific threat intelligence.
• Contribute to the production of cyber threat intelligence across tactical, operational and strategic levels.
• Identify and assess advanced threat actors and their capabilities.
• Maintain and enhance threat intelligence platforms and tools.
• Produce detailed threat assessments and strategic reports.
• Collaborate with internal teams to implement threat mitigation strategies.
• Provide guidance to junior threat intelligence specialists and stakeholders.
• Research and document threat vectors and TTPs with actionable data.
• Contribute to threat detection modelling and the gap assessment on detection coverage.
• Contribute to the threat hunting service: researching topics, generating hypotheses, defining scope, selecting and analysing data, defining new detection objectives and creating new detections.
  

SENIOR

• Develop and execute the organisation's cyber threat intelligence strategy.
• Lead the production of cyber threat intelligence across tactical, operational and strategic levels.
• Lead complex threat intelligence projects and investigations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external threat intelligence sources.
• Provide strategic guidance to management and stakeholders; translate business requirements into Intelligence Requirements.
• Leverage intelligence data to support threat modelling, risk mitigation recommendations and cyber threat hunting.
• Mentor and train junior threat intelligence specialists.
• Ensure threat intelligence on TTPs triggers prioritised threat detection content development.
• Ensure findings from red team exercises and incident response lessons learned are injected into the threat-informed detection modelling and engineering framework.
• Steer threat hunting services and prioritise topics based on the gap assessment on detection coverage.
  
  

To excel in this role, you'll need:

• A Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Networks or a closely related field is mandatory.

JUNIOR

• Basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts and familiarity with threat intelligence sources.
• Basic data analysis and reporting skills.
• Proficiency in using threat intelligence tools and platforms.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking; ability to prioritise and assess the significance of threats.
• Effective communication and reporting skills; ability to work in a team.
• Basic knowledge of common cybersecurity threats; awareness of threat intelligence terminology and sources.
• In-depth knowledge of common cyber threat actors and tactics.
• Familiarity with threat intelligence frameworks and standards.
• Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts and platforms.
  

MID

• At least 3 years of experience.
• Advanced proficiency in threat intelligence tools and platforms.
• Strong threat hunting and reverse engineering skills.
• Risk assessment and management capabilities.
• Effective project management and team leadership abilities.
• Excellent reporting skills; fluent in scripting languages (e.g. Python).
• Expertise in the cyber threat landscape and threat actor profiling.
• Mastery of threat intelligence methodologies and frameworks.
• In-depth understanding of relevant regulations and compliance requirements.
• Very good understanding of cloud computing concepts and platforms.

SENIOR

• At least 6 years of experience.
• Expert knowledge of global cyber threat trends; visionary and innovative mindset.
• Outstanding communication skills and strong mentorship and knowledge-sharing abilities.
• Excellent reporting skills, including the ability to convey deep technical findings to non-technical audiences.
• Self-starter with end-to-end delivery capability; fluent in scripting languages (e.g. Python).
• Advanced knowledge of cyber threat landscapes and APTs.
• Mastery of threat intelligence sharing and information sharing platforms; advanced threat intelligence concepts and technologies.
• Deep understanding of legal and ethical aspects of threat intelligence.
• Proficient knowledge of cloud computing concepts and platforms.

Certifications
At least one in cybersecurity, incident response, digital forensics, product specific, and at least one in threat intelligence or another equivalent are mandatory for the mid & senior roles, e.g.:

Cybersecurity / IR / Digital Forensics / Product-Specific:

GSEC, CISSP, CompTIA Security+, CSX-P, GCIH, GCFA, ECIH, etc.

Threat Intelligence:

GCTI (GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence), CTIA (EC-Council Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst), Product-specific TI platform certifications (OpenCTI, MISP, or equivalent), etc.