Cyber Security Analyst

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst Location: Reading – 2 days per week onsite Contract: 6 months Clearance: SC desirable but not essential Start: As soon as possible We are recruiting for an experienced Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst to join a leading organisation on an initial 6-month contract. This is a hands-on, tactical Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) role focused on monitoring and analysing cyber threat intelligence feeds, assessing emerging threats and providing intelligence to support cyber defence and risk management. Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse internal and external cyber threat intelligence feeds.
• Assess emerging threats, threat actors, Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs).
• Produce threat alerts, intelligence reports and stakeholder briefings.
• Support security operations and proactive threat hunting activities.
• Use the MITRE ATT&CK framework to analyse and map adversary behaviour.
• Apply threat modelling methodologies to assess cyber threats.
• Support cyber investigations and security operations within a live enterprise environment.
• Contribute to threat intelligence use cases, detections and monitoring capabilities.
• Support the identification and assessment of threats affecting Operational Technology (OT) environments. Essential Skills & Experience
• Strong hands-on Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) experience at a tactical or operational level.
• Experience monitoring and analysing threat intelligence feeds.
• Experience producing threat alerts, intelligence reports and stakeholder briefings.
• Strong knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Good understanding of threat modelling methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of cyber threat actors, TTPs and IOCs.
• Experience working within a live enterprise security environment.
• Understanding of OT security.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Desirable Experience
• Experience within the energy or utilities sector.
• Financial services or banking experience.
• Experience within a highly regulated environment.
• Exposure to UK Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) security frameworks.
• Awareness of NIS Regulations.
• Knowledge of the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).
• Experience mapping threat intelligence findings and recommendations to CAF objectives.
• Existing SC Clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain clearance. Important We are particularly interested in candidates with hands-on operational CTI experience who have been embedded within an organisation and have direct responsibility for monitoring, analysing and reporting on cyber threats. Candidates whose experience is primarily consultancy-based, with limited day-to-day operational CTI responsibilities, are less likely to be suitable.