Nmc Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist

**Join Police Digital Service as** **NMC Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist**
This is an opportunity to play your part and protect our company, our customers and our communities from cyber attacks. Be part of a dedicated team and get ready to be challenged every day to make the most of your skills and experience. You’ll learn from those around you, and from outstanding training and development resources to become even better at what you do. With the** **best technology at your fingertips, you'll be part of a friendly and flexible working environment where your contribution is always valued.
**Why Join us?**
Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge - we offer 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available
- We care about your well-being - we have an EAP that offers not just welfare benefits but also retail discounts
- Plan for the future - we offer an excellent pension scheme and life assurance cover
- Put your mind at rest regarding your health - offering remote GP, mental health and physiotherapy appointments via video consultation
- Family - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work
- Community - one paid day off per year for volunteering

You can find out more here:
Benefits - Police Digital Service (pds.police.uk)
**About Police Digital Service**
We exist to harness the power of digital, data and technology to enable UK policing to better protect the communities it serves. Ours is a team of experts in commercial services, technical assurance, data, digital transformation and innovation, with a unique experience in policing and national programme delivery.
The National Management Centre will provide visibility and control of information risks for Policing. It will support the 24x7x365 nature of the police operations, providing a threat detection and response capability for digital services before, during and after cyber attacks, enabling stakeholders to understand and proactively manage risk across the technology estate at both the national and force level.
As a member of the Threat Intelligence team, **you'll be involved with**:

- Developing awareness for the policing community of the cyber risks to critical services by continually assessing the threat landscape and informing stakeholders.
- Reporting cyber risks to service, executive, and operational stakeholders for mitigation decisions.
- Limiting the impact of known cyber risks by engaging forces in pre-incident planning and preparatory activities.
- Constraining attack surfaces through proactive threat intelligence working directly alongside the threat hunting and malware service.

As a Threat Intelligence Specialist, you will be required to have proven experience in intelligence and analysis. Veterans with an intelligence background and an interest in cyber are encouraged to apply.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide expertise and support through the use of analytical products to assist mitigation practices at a tactical and operational level.
- Analysis of advanced persistent threats including the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of attackers.
- Conduct analysis at a tactical and or operational level, identifying and using appropriate analytical tools and techniques to interpret gaps, patterns and trends, assess threat, risk and harm and make recommendations in support of decision making, prioritsation and resource allocation.
- Ability to correlate intelligence from a variety of sources, to develop and lead understanding and analysis of contextually relevant threats.
- Perform a broad range of tasks, bringing together output from stakeholders within Cyber SOC, Malware, Threat Hunting and Vulnerability teams.

**What you need to succeed in the role**
Essential:

- Knowledge of current threat landscape including specific awareness of adversarial cyber actors, including their TTPs
- Experience in utilising open-source intelligence and the development of tools to assist with this
- Experience in conducting malware, phishing, and SIEM log analysis
- Knowledge of relevant cyber threat intelligence sources
- Ability to acquire SC and NPPV3 level clearances

Desirable:

- CREST Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst
- Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering cybercrime or risk reduction recommendations and / or strategies
- Completed Intelligence Analysis course (e.g. NIAT, RISC UK or similar)

**Working Arrangements**
This is a hybrid role and regular travel to the Lancashire office will be required.

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year