Threat Intelligence Analyst (W2) || Irving, Texas (5-day onsite)

Hi,

Hope you are doing well!

I’m Shikha Dixit, Lead Recruiter at Siri Info Solutions. I’ve been reviewing your background in [Threat Intelligence, Malware, TTPs, MITRE, etc.], and your profile stands out as an excellent match for a “Threat Intelligence Analyst” opening I have in Irving, TX. This is a high-priority, 5-day onsite role with one of our key clients. Given your experience, I’d love to discuss the details and see if this aligns with your career goals. Are you open to a quick 5-minute chat?

Role: Threat Intelligence Analyst (W2)

Duration: 12-month contract

Location: Irving, Texas (5-day onsite)

Role Descriptions:

Position Summary

You track, analyze, and report on threat actors, campaigns, and emerging attack techniques relevant to the organization and its industry. You turn raw indicators and open-source, commercial, and internal telemetry into intelligence that Security Operations, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, and executive stakeholders can act on. You maintain the organization's understanding of its adversaries, attack surface exposure, and threat landscape, and you help prioritize defenses based on likelihood and impact.

Key Responsibilities

Collect and analyze threat intelligence

• Monitor open-source intelligence (OSINT), closed forums, dark web sources, ISAC/ISAO feeds, and commercial threat feeds for relevant activity
• Track threat actor groups, campaigns, malware families, and TTPs mapped to MITRE ATT&CK
• Analyze indicators of compromise (IOCs), malware samples, and adversary infrastructure to assess relevance and risk
• Correlate external threat data with internal telemetry, logs, and detections to identify targeting or exposure

Produce and disseminate finished intelligence

• Write finished intelligence products, including threat advisories, actor profiles, campaign briefs, and trend reports
• Deliver tailored intelligence briefings to SOC analysts, incident responders, and executive and board-level stakeholders
• Maintain a prioritized threat landscape view specific to the organization's industry, geography, and technology stack
• Track and report on threat intelligence program KPIs, such as report timeliness, actionability, and stakeholder feedback

Support detection, response, and vulnerability prioritization

• Translate intelligence into detection logic, hunting hypotheses, and SIEM/EDR content in partnership with detection engineering
• Provide threat context during incident response to support scoping, attribution, and containment decisions
• Prioritize vulnerability remediation using exploitation likelihood, threat actor interest, and active exploitation data
• Support red team, purple team, and adversary emulation exercises with current TTP and actor-based scenarios

Manage intelligence infrastructure and sources

• Administer and tune the threat intelligence platform (TIP), including feed integration and IOC lifecycle management
• Evaluate, onboard, and manage commercial and open-source intelligence feeds and vendor relationships
• Maintain intelligence collection requirements and refine them based on stakeholder needs and changes in the threat landscape
• Apply structured analytic techniques and the intelligence cycle to reduce bias and improve confidence levels in assessments

Program and stakeholder engagement

• Build and maintain relationships with industry ISACs, law enforcement, and peer intelligence teams for information sharing
• Contribute to the organization's threat intelligence strategy, standards, and playbooks
• Train SOC, IR, and Vulnerability Management teams on how to consume and apply intelligence products
• Brief leadership on emerging threats, sector-specific risk, and geopolitical developments that may affect the organization

Expectations

Occasional after-hours support may be required.

3 years of experience in threat intelligence, security operations, incident response, or a related security discipline

Required Qualifications (Non-Negotiable) 

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, the intelligence cycle, and structured analytic techniques
• Experience analyzing malware behavior, IOCs, and adversary infrastructure at a working level
• Familiarity with SIEM, EDR, and threat intelligence platform tooling
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical findings for non-technical audiences
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple concurrent intelligence requirements under time pressure
• Sound analytic judgment, including the ability to state confidence levels and acknowledge uncertainty in assessments

Education & Certification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Intelligence Studies, or related field
• Industry certifications such as GCTI, GCFA, CTIA, or CISSP

Preferred Industry Experience

• Convenience Retail, Fuel Operations, Supply Chain

Best Regards,

Shikha Dixit| Email: or | LinkedIn:

Lead Recruiter

Siri InfoSolutions Inc, 3 Ethel Rd, Suite # 302, Edison NJ 08817.