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The Opportunity

We’re growing, and our clients deserve the best. As a Threat Intelligence Analyst you will have the opportunity to work in a thriving and robust environment across multiple specialty areas by analyzing cybersecurity information, investigating cybersecurity incidents and events, and protecting & defending against threats to MassMutual's digital assets. You will do this by producing actionable intelligence with a heavy focus on automation of processes. In this role, as well as all roles within MassMutual, you will demonstrate accountability, agility, a dedication to being inclusive, a strong business acumen, and will show courage, even in the most difficult situations. We also highly value strong communication skills, a passion for learning, leadership traits, resilience and self-awareness.

The Team

The Security Intelligence Team at MassMutual consists of multiple functions which are strategically aligned to manage the cyber threats that the company faces. The threat intelligence function analyzes the threat landscape and provides actionable intelligence to the organization. Our offensive security function simulates tactics techniques and procedures used by threat actors and proactively tests MassMutual’s controls. Our penetration testing, bug bounty and responsible disclosure function assesses our applications to make sure they are secure in both pre and post-production environments.

The Impact

Below are the lists of tasks candidates will be able to perform, knowledge you should have, and skills & abilities that you can bring into our Threat Intelligence role!

Responsibilities

• Analyze Threat Trends in order to recognize and research various threat actor groups, attack patterns, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), indicators of compromise (IOCs) and attack vectors for an end-to-end understanding of threat landscape.

• Monitor and report changes in threat dispositions, activities, tactics, capabilities, objectives, etc. as related to designated cyber operations warning problem sets.

• Provide information and assessments to inform leadership and customers; develop and refining objectives; support operation planning and execution; and assess the effects of operations.

• Assess the effectiveness of collections in satisfying priority information gaps, using available capabilities and methods, and adjust collection strategies and collection requirements accordingly.

• Create threat models both manually and via the use of industry tools.

• Develop specific cybersecurity countermeasures and risk mitigation strategies for systems and/or applications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

• 8+ years in Cyber security

• 2+ years experience in evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing information and large quantities of data, (which may be fragmented and contradictory) into high quality, fused targeting/intelligence gaps

P referred Qualifications:

• Cybersecurity certification like GCTI, GCFA, CCTHP.

• A sitting member of the FS-ISAC TIC.

• Cyber security experience including but not limited to the following:

• Risk/threat assessment.

• System and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code).

• Attack methods and techniques (DDoS, brute force, spoofing, etc.).

• Cyber attack stages (e.g. reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).

• Understanding of cloud technologies.

• Ability to automate processes using python and other programming/scripting languages.

• Can provide intel as a service simultaneously to multiple customers.

• Able to write (and submit) requirements to meet gaps in technical capabilities.

• Can use penetration testing tools and techniques.

• Able to share meaningful insights about the context of an organization's threat environment to improve its risk management posture.

• Ability to function in a collaborative environment, seeking continuous consultation with other analysts and experts—both internal and external to the organization—to leverage analytical and technical expertise.

• Can develop or recommend analytic approaches or solutions to problems and situations for which information is incomplete or for which no precedent exists.

• Able to coordinate, collaborate and disseminate information to subordinate, lateral and higher-level organizations.

• Prior experience teaching and mentoring others in security threat intelligence.

• Effectively communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team

• Regular meetings with the Security Intelligence Team

• Agile scrum meetings, as appropriate, to track and drive individual and team accountability. 

• Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager.

• Access to mentorship opportunities

• Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQIA+, veteran, and disability-focused Business Resource Groups

• Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms

• Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits

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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.

If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.

Salary Range: $131,100.00-$172,000.00