Financial Cyber Intelligence Analyst

The National Cyber Forensics & Training Alliance (NCFTA) brings public and private industry together to research and identify current and emerging cybercrime threats globally. Our organization strives to build lasting professional relationships and make a difference in society. We hire employees who are passionate about what they do, and we promote a culture of integrity and hard work. For further information, see www.ncfta.net.

This position will serve as a Cyber Financial Intelligence Analyst conducting research into the latest network cyber threats with our financial and banking partners. This role is responsible for providing intelligence analysis in order to identify threats and quantify vulnerabilities of current threats to develop timely and actionable alerts, briefs, and analytical assessments. This position focuses on threats originating in information technology environments. The Analyst will produce actionable information in a clear and concise manner and apply analytical rigor to all work and remain open to non-traditional information or conclusions. The Analyst will develop subject matter expertise in area of analysis network functionality and Linux operating system. 

What will you do in this role?

• Conduct data collection and research using all the tools and applications as well as proactive open-source information.
• Produce a finished product for dissemination.
• Aggregation of data into appropriate organization systems and datasets
• Identify credible, new intelligence and subject matter resources relative to current and emerging threats.
• Support relationships with NCFTA industry partners, co-located law enforcement, and subject matter experts via briefings, email, conference calls, private listservs, and quarterly and/or annual conferences.
• Engage in collaboration with partners and peers in order to strategically seek correlative data across all programs.
• Participate in programs and partner meetings.
• Provide support for training events to include focus group meetings, conferences, presentations.

You will need to have:

• Previous threat intelligence experience providing actionable intelligence resulting in the development of appropriate countermeasures.
• Capability to review and evaluate large volumes data in support of strategic, operational or tactical operations to reduce, mitigate and contain security threats.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft and Linux OS and networking and firewall infrastructure.
• 1-3 years of experience in the financial services industry, particularly anti-money laundering (AML), cyber threat intelligence (CTI), fraud investigations, or information security.
• 1-3 years of experience in analyzing, investigating, or researching cybercrime or cyberthreats.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), cryptocurrency-related, etc.)
• Proficient in briefing and presenting to audiences of all sizes, especially large.
• Proficient in writing intelligence reports (i.e., active voice, bottom line up front (BLUF), expository, etc.)