Cyber Threat Analyst
Salary: $140,000 - $160,000 + Super
Launch Recruitment is exclusively partnering with a well-established, global organisation to find a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst to join their growing security functionThis is a proactive, research-driven role rather than a traditional SOC, tool focused role. Our client's team delivers intelligence on cybercrime threats targeting customers, digital services and online transactions, helping protect customers and strengthen organisational resilience.
Day-to-day responsibilities include -
- Track and profile specific threat actors and groups, understanding how they operate, the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) they use, and how they attempt to infiltrate the organisation
- Monitor and assess cybercrime threats, identify emerging risks and produce actionable intelligence to support cyber defence and fraud prevention
- Proactively identify gaps in detection and defence capability, and report on findings to drive improvement
- Work closely with technology, risk, fraud and digital teams to improve threat detection and response outcomes and strengthen customer protection
- Communicate insights clearly and confidently to a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Contribute to security improvements across the organisation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to process information from multiple sources into meaningful and digestable insight
- A solid understanding of cyber risk management principles and the current threat landscape
- Experience assessing cybercrime activity such as phishing, credential theft, malware, fraud and social engineering
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- A genuinely curious, self-driven mindset. You take ownership of problems, dig until you understand them properly, and aren't satisfied until you can demonstrate the difference your work has made.