Forward Defense

Location

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Summary of position

The midlevel intelligence analyst role is part of the analysis team. The intelligence analysis team primarily is responsible for creating analytical intelligence products, supporting ongoing projects, initiatives, programs and on-demand intelligence requests.

Duties and responsibilities

Provide timely intelligence analysis reports and support client deliverables;

Collaborate internally and externally to develop and enhance analytical products;

Own and execute ongoing projects, initiatives and respond to on-demand intelligence requests;

Create, maintain and triage alerts to support the intelligence requirements program;

Receive, prioritize and respond to requests for information (RFI) from clients;

Analyze raw data sets and extract relevant insight;

Identify intelligence collection gaps, communicate findings and collection requirements to on-the-ground researchers;

Analyze several disparate data sources to produce analytical products;

Mentor and train associate analysts;

Develop and provide intelligence briefings in support of engagement strategy;

Create and document processes and standard operating procedures to support team resiliency;

Identify and communicate opportunities for new tools, products, projects and systems; and

Assess new threat vectors and develop intelligence on threat actor tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).

Qualifications, skills, knowledge, or experience

More than two years’ experience in an intelligence role, threat intelligence or equivalent;

Degree in intelligence, cybersecurity, criminology, computer science, information technology, information security, engineering or equivalent working experience; master’s degree is a plus;

Must be an adaptable, inquisitive and self-motivated team player with strong analytical skills, eager to learn and possess the ability to work independently or as part of a team;

Experience working independently and under pressure with minimal supervision;

Ability to learn new products, tools and technologies quickly;

Strong analytical writing and presentation skills;

Knowledge of basic command line utilities and basic scripting ability is a plus;

Database and query language experience or willingness to learn;

Experience in open source intelligence (OSINT) research and common tool sets;

Excellent written and verbal skills; fluency in English is required;

Good understanding of the cybercriminal underground ecosystem, terminology and common hacking tools and methods, such as carding, fraud, exploits, malware, vulnerabilities etc.;

Basic understanding of TCP, IP and other lower-level network protocols, and common higher-level protocols such as HTTP(s), SMTP, FTP and SSH;

Experience conducting intelligence analysis in law enforcement, military, security service, commercial cyber threat intelligence, or a similar setting;

Basic knowledge of traditional/doctrinal intelligence and industry recognized analysis framework and compliance standards such as Kill Chain, Diamond Model, NIST, HIPPA, PCI, etc.; and

Familiarity with multiple computing platforms, including Windows, OSX, Linux and Unix.