Senior Manager, Threat Research - Remote Eligible

Senior Manager, Threat Research

Opportunity to bootstrap a Threat Intelligence function at the heart of a highly capable security team. Designing and delivering a roadmap for Intelligence-Driven Operations to defend Sophos.

We seek a seasoned Threat Intelligence professional to join Sophos' Internal Detection & Response team to set the direction for our intelligence capabilities. You will act as a linchpin, coordinating cross-functional alignment with our customer-facing intelligence teams and integrating our own unique viewpoints as the defenders of a Cybersecurity company to keep our company and products secure. You will have the engineering depth to bring that fused intelligence picture to bear on a problem space that demands scalability.

As part of an established security function, you will be one of the first to focus purely on the problem of operationalising our Threat Intelligence capabilities. This will include establishing a roadmap for the long-term development of our cross-functionally integrated Threat Intelligence capability, and managing resource (both direct and indirect) in the delivery of those new capabilities.

What You Will Do

• Partner with multiple Threat Intelligence teams across Sophos (including the Cyber Threat Unit, MDR Threat Research and SophosLabs) to build a consolidated threat picture of Sophos and its product deployments.
• Develop Threat Intelligence Requirements to focus our collection and analytical efforts on threats to Sophos.
• Drive Threat Hunting and Investigations to answer those Intelligence Requirements with a small team of Threat Researchers, leveraging Sophos' consolidated intelligence.
• Support a modernised Detection Engineering program, leveraging Detection-as-Code to create effective observability of threats to Sophos.
• Derive actionable outputs to integrate with our internal security practices and tooling to defend Sophos.
• Design and deliver a Threat Intelligence roadmap for developing our Threat Intelligence capability over the coming years.
• Coach, mentor and support Threat Researchers.

What You Will Bring

• Deep expertise in threat intelligence, threat actor analysis and threat landscape modelling.
• Excellent stakeholder management; Able to coordinate cross-functional threat intelligence teams, tools, products and capabilities to create an impactful intelligence outcome.
• Good understanding of common threat intelligence frameworks and how to apply them to threat intelligence solutions (eg: Intelligence Lifecycle, Diamond Model, Kill Chain, Mitre ATT&CK, etc).
• Proven analytic skillset and an understanding of different analytic techniques (eg: analysis of competing hypotheses, frequency analysis, temporal analysis, etc).
• Practical experience of implementing threat intelligence integrations at scale, including good understanding of common intelligence data formats (eg: STIX) and threat intelligence platforms (eg: OpenCTI).
• Ability to draw up roadmaps, break a problem down in to component work and run projects to deliver against them.
• Some hands-on capability in coding/scripting to execute at scale (eg: python).

Ready to Join Us? At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos? Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship. Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit. Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy. Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities. Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint. Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp. Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge. Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing.

Our Commitment To You We're proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we're committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.