Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Job title: Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Location: Preston, Frimley or Filton

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £45,000 depending on experience

What you'll be doing: Performing threat research to identify threats relevant to BAE Systems, including collecting, processing, and disseminating actionable, high fidelity threat intelligence
Assisting with the identification of current tactics, techniques, & procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOC)
Uses analysis techniques useful for investigating suspected attacks and perform intelligence tasking
Will develop and maintain knowledge of cyber security threats, analyst toolsets and relevant activity group tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
Your skills and experiences:

Essential: An understanding of Cyber Threat Intelligence techniques and best practice
Knowledge of cyber threat landscape, current affairs, and geopolitics, including activity groups and how to apply this knowledge within an operational environment
Desirable: Knowledge of the types of threat actors and how they operate
Knowledge of network protocols such as HTTP(S), SMTP, TCP, SSL/TLS
Experience of open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection, toolsets, and analysis
CREST & GIAC qualifications or equivalent proven industry experience
Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Cyber Operations team:

Cyber Operations is responsible for protecting BAE Systems from Cyber Attack by various threat actors. Not only do we protect BAE Systems and its employees, indirectly we protect those who protect us - who serve in our military and rely on the products and services we create. Across Threat Intelligence, Detection, Incident Response and now Active Defence we work to evolve cyber operations as a world class capability.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 21 st July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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