Principal Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst (AI)

Location: Virtual, California, United States. The position is remote but limited to the U.S.

Base salary: $96,500–$207,500 annually, plus eligibility for incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global provides banking and financial services while working to protect customers, communities, and the organization from cyber threats.

What you will do

• Monitor and analyze threat intelligence sources, internal telemetry, and open-source data to identify emerging threats and adversary tactics.
• Collect, process, contextualize, and disseminate actionable intelligence about malicious campaigns, threat actors, and unattributed activity.
• Identify detection and collection gaps and participate in implementing solutions to improve defensive capabilities.
• Produce intelligence reports and technical briefings for technical teams, stakeholders, senior management, and executive audiences.
• Support incident response, root-cause analysis, remediation of control gaps, and strategic cyber intelligence initiatives.
• Mentor junior analysts and serve as an information security subject matter expert across business lines.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience analyzing or investigating cybersecurity threats and related incidents.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of cyber threat intelligence principles, including indicator types, indicator pivoting, and attribution strength.
• Ability to formulate hypotheses, validate them with data, and communicate findings clearly in writing, verbally, and through briefings.
• Understanding of the current threat landscape, strong analytical skills, and an investigative mindset.
• Position is virtual within the United States and is not available for immigration sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Experience with network and host malware detection engineering.
• YARA, infrastructure tracking, reverse engineering, and cyber-actor profiling skills.
• Experience tracking advanced cyber actors and analyzing their tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Scripting experience for automating analytical work.
• Experience working remotely with geographically distributed teams or contributing to the information security community through publications, talks, or presentations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being.
• Eligibility for an incentive compensation plan based on company, business-line, and individual performance.
• Collaborative work with threat researchers, incident responders, threat emulation engineers, developers, and business stakeholders.
• Inclusive culture and equal employment opportunity across employment decisions.