Consulting Director, Threat Intelligence Services - Proactive Services (unit 42) - Remote Eligible

Consulting Director, Threat Intelligence Services - Proactive Services (Unit 42)

Principal Consultant, Threat Intelligence Advisory is a senior-level consulting position within Unit 42 Proactive Services team. The individual will work alongside the Consulting Director of Threat Intelligence Advisory EMEA in providing threat intelligence insights to clients via threat assessments, in support of cyber risk management engagements (i.e. intel-led red teaming, table top exercises, SOC assessments) and advising enterprise clients on how to improve their threat intelligence capabilities.

The Principal Consultant should have a hands-on mentality, ability to work on complex engagements independently, and flexibility to be involved in various work streams depending on their skills and business needs. You will be a clear self-starter who understands how to complete high-level tasking and uses your knowledge and skills to meet goals and deadlines. While the individual will be given time to pursue their research interests and to work alongside Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team, for the majority of their time they will be involved in client engagements.

Your impact will include:

• Assist Unit 42 Consulting Director of Threat Intelligence Advisory in developing and delivering threat-informed services to international clients.
• Lead Threat Intelligence Advisory engagements such as threat assessments, threat intelligence maturity assessments, threat-led offensive security testing (i.e. TIBER)
• Provide intelligence input for risk management consulting engagements
• Leverage internal Unit 42 datasets and finished intelligence, as well as OSINT, to identify relevant threats to organizations across sectors and geographies.
• Work with security teams at clients (i.e. TI, CISO, SOC, threat hunting, red team) to help them operationalize threat intelligence into measurable outcomes.
• Amplify Unit 42s' presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership, including via speaking engagements, and blog articles on threat intelligence topics.

Your experience must include:

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience in a threat intelligence function, whether in consulting or in-house.
• Excellent English written and verbal communications skills.
• Experience in producing tailored threat reports on a strategic and tactical level for consumers ranging from senior management to technical analysts.
• Deep understanding of cybercriminal and state-sponsored groups, their TTPs and high level mitigations.
• Strong familiarity with the Mitre ATT&CK framework.
• Passionate about cyber threat intelligence and its tradecraft, attention to details.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time

Nice to have:

• Experience in intelligence led-red team exercises like CBEST, TIBER, iCAST, Corie.
• Knowledge of threat actors hunting tools and techniques (e.g. VT, Passive DNS)
• Experience in incident response, digital forensic, or security operations.
• Experience in risk management consulting advising clients on appropriate security controls.
• Additional language skills to interface with regional clients (i.e. French, German, Spanish, Arabic).
• Proficiency in scripting languages or AI prompt engineering to automate tasks.
• Cybersecurity industry certifications such as CRTIA, CCTIM, GCTI are a plus but not essential.