About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:
- Pivotal purpose
- Trusted guardian
- Targeted innovation
- Facilitate connections
- Delivering excellence
- Inclusive culture
Job information:
- Functional title – Cyber Threat Intelligence Senior Analyst
- Department – IT Security
- Corporate level – Vice President
- Report to – Executive Director, Head of CTI
- Location – London, on-site 2 days per week.
Job purpose:
CLS is seeking a highly motivated, self-driven Cyber Threat Intelligence Senior Analyst to join a global threat intelligence team. The position will involve technical and strategic research and intelligence analysis of threats relevant to our industry, business, and related technologies. The ideal candidate will be aware of industry trends and frameworks and how they could impact our business, including threat actor groups, their TTPs, intrusion activities, and geopolitical relevance. The candidate will also interact with industry and government partners daily to share intelligence. This role will also be responsible for mentoring others on the team.
This position requires someone with an analytical mind, a quick learner, and the ability to create and deliver briefings, propose, and execute program initiatives/improvements, and collaborate with a wide range of key internal and external stakeholders.
Job Description:
- Collects, processes, and disseminates cyber threat intelligence from varying sources, including open-source reports, information sharing partners, and vendor reports to create actionable results for internal stakeholders
- Coordinate and produce strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence products for business units, technical teams, and executive stakeholders
- Provide situational awareness on current threat landscape and maintain knowledge of adversary activities including geopolitical implications and TTPs to brief varying teams
- Assess emerging threats against our operational environment and work in partnership with our security teams for detection, mitigation, and remediation efforts
- Perform trend and correlation of cyber intelligence for recommendation-based countermeasures
- Support and engage in incident response investigations
- Perform basic network security analysis in support of intrusion detection operations, including the development and enrichment of indicators used to enhance network security posture
- Review other analysts’ work and provide mentorship and guidance
- Actively support external intelligence sharing engagements with other financial institutions and government partners
Experience:
- 6-10+ years of direct cyber threat intelligence experience
- 5+ years of progressive experience in information security (cyber security) field, preferable in Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, or Incident Response roles
- Understanding of intelligence lifecycle and risk management
- Knowledge of fundamentals of threat actors’ TTP
- Understanding of IOC validation practices and sources
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and mapping
- Geopolitical knowledge and potential impacts to the financial sector
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
- Individual contributor whilst also contributing to a small team
- Self-motivated with ability to work with minimal supervision
- Demonstrated strong writing skills; ability to convey complex technical and non-technical concepts
Qualifications/Certifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity studies, Intelligence Studies, International Relations, Economics, Computer Science, or related discipline
- Security certification such as SANS GIAC (or equivalent) ideally GCTI or working towards certification (or equivalent)
- Experience with threat intelligence and SOC/CIRT interaction
- Splunk experience
- Experience with Threat Intelligence Platforms like ThreatConnect, ThreatQ, or Filigran
- Experience with SIEM and other cyber security tools
- Experience with threat intelligence vendors
- Ability to work on-site at least twice a week in London and/or participate in local intelligence sharing groups
Desired Skills:
- Financial sector experience
Developing Threat Intelligence related automations
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
Skills Required
- 6-10+ years of direct cyber threat intelligence experience
- 5+ years progressive experience in information security (Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, or Incident Response)
- Understanding of intelligence lifecycle and risk management
- Knowledge of threat actors' TTPs and IOC validation practices
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and mapping
- Experience with Splunk
- Experience with Threat Intelligence Platforms (ThreatConnect, ThreatQ, Filigran)
- Experience with SIEM and other cybersecurity tools
- Experience with threat intelligence and SOC/CIRT interaction
- Demonstrated strong writing and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work on-site in London at least twice per week
- Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Intelligence Studies, International Relations, Economics, Computer Science, or related discipline
- Security certification such as SANS GIAC (ideally GCTI) or equivalent, or working towards certification
- Geopolitical knowledge and understanding of financial sector impacts
- Experience mentoring or reviewing other analysts' work
- Experience performing basic network security analysis to support intrusion detection
- Financial sector experience
- Experience developing threat intelligence automations
What We Do
In 2022, we celebrate 20 years of delivering unprecedented levels of risk mitigation, liquidity optimization and operational efficiencies. Trusted by thousands of counterparties within the global FX ecosystem, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars worth of currency flows through our systems each day. Created by the market for the market, our unrivaled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so you can put your capital and resources to better use. Our complementary products are designed to enable you to manage your risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
