Analyst I

Are you an intelligence analyst who enjoys helping others navigate the cyber threat landscape while being a part of a global team that covers all corners of the world?

This role is for a resourceful threat intelligence analyst to conduct proactive monitoring and detection activities, leverage internal and external tools, and assess and communicate findings' risks via written analysis.

Flashpoint is the pioneering leader in threat data and intelligence. We empower commercial enterprises and government agencies to decisively confront complex security challenges, reduce risk, and improve operational resilience amid fast-evolving threats. Through the Flashpoint Ignite platform, we deliver unparalleled depth, breadth and speed of data from highly relevant sources, enriched by human insights. Our solutions span cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, geopolitical risk, physical security, fraud and brand protection. The result: our customers safeguard critical assets, avoid financial loss, and protect lives. Discover more at flashpoint.io

**We have a role for you if**
- effectively execute tasks and responsibilities independently while collaborating with other team members on more complex tasks.
- have detailed knowledge of communications platforms in which cyber threat actors operate and a willingness to engage.
- have a strong ability to produce accurate analysis and key judgments for inclusion on finished intelligence reports.
- possess a high level of motivation, a positive attitude, and a strong willingness to be a self-starter and learn new skills.
- have strong communication and presentation skills and a willingness to use these skills to communicate ideas, findings, and analysis to wider audiences.

**What you will get to do on our team**
- work with our internal teams and customers to proactively identify threats to reduce risk to client businesses, networks, and operations
- produce concise, written analysis and/or visual presentation of findings to communicate potential risks and impact
- quickly understand and deliver company and customer intelligence requirements
- Write high-quality tactical and strategic assessments to inform risk intelligence decision making process
- leverage Flashpoint proprietary tools and systems to support assigned tasks.
- use external tools to synthesize data and enhance analysis/alerting services.
- synthesize raw data to identify the credibility of information and deduce relevance to the client base.
- nominate new collection sources in support of Flashpoint collections.
- create keywords/patterns to highlight high signal data within Flashpoint tools.
- understand and articulate security safeguards required to perform job responsibilities.
- safely navigate virtual environments for supporting assigned tasks, as applicable.
- comply with Flashpoint org-wide and Intel team policies and procedures, including Rules of Engagement

**What you will achieve**
- Within 30 days
- You will have been fully onboarded and integrated into a team of professional intelligence analysts and assigned a mentor to guide you through your initial journey at Flashpoint. Your team will have provided you with access, resources, and training necessary to begin tackling deliverables.
- Within 60 days
- You will have completed onboarding and familiarized yourself with internal team operations.
- You will have developed a robust understanding of customer intelligence requirements and initiated relevant research related to the delivery of client deliverables.
- By 90 days
- You will have carried out your own investigations in support of intelligence requirements and drafted and published the findings from these initial investigations within Flashpoint intelligence platform.
- You will have become familiar with teams outside of your own team and begun building working relationships to assist you in becoming successful in your career.
- You will have become completely comfortable handling day-to-day deliverables and tasks independently and become confident in your abilities to work independently or on a team.

**To be successful in this role, you will need**
- Experience in cyber threat intelligence, threat research, or threat hunting, actively keeping up with the latest threats
- Strong analytical and writing skills, with the ability to rapidly and accurately break down technical topics and effectively assess and communicate risks and potential impacts to a wide variety of audiences
- Exposure to risks facing large corporations and defensive measures employed to mitigate them
- Experience sifting through large amounts of data to identify threats
- Proficient in utilizing open source command line tools, internally built tools, or external industry standard tools to find relevant data or risks
- Familiarity with Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and mitigation strategies to protect client networks from them
- Engage the security community to assist in the proactive disruption of malicious in