Cyber Threat Analyst

2 months ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Proofpoint Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Threat Intelligence Analyst. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in identifying, analyzing, and responding to email-based threats.

Key Responsibilities

  • Analyze misclassified messages and make updates to spam and malware definitions to correct their classifications.
  • Perform deep analyses of email headers, structures, and attachments to identify novel threat features and develop new rules/methods to detect them.
  • Provide responses and explanations to customers who request assistance through our ticketing system in a positive, professional manner.
  • Research into new trends and creation of proactive detection to stop new threats before they start.
  • Contribute to the development of new tools and automation to aid in frontline analysis and identify the latest threats.
  • Work with the team to come up with new and novel ways to detect threats.
  • Occasional on-call work, responding to high-priority alerts and monitoring essential systems.
  • Help define the landscape, prevalence, and evolution of messaging abuse, threats, and attacks by participating in future requirements definition discussions of our products.

Requirements

  • Proficient oral and written communications skills, collaborating well in a team environment.
  • Familiarity with using the Linux command line and tools for manipulating and extracting content from text files.
  • Good knowledge of regular expressions.
  • Familiarity with how mail delivery works, including SMTP.
  • General curiosity about the headers and structure of email messages.
  • Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate with worldwide, remote teams when needed.
  • Positive, friendly attitude that enjoys problem-solving.
  • Familiarity with a scripting language such as Python or Perl is an advantage.
  • Previous experience in a customer-facing role such as technical support is an advantage.

About Proofpoint

At Proofpoint, we are committed to protecting people and organizations from the ever-evolving threat landscape. Our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions is designed to help our customers stay ahead of the threats. We are a customer-focused and driven-to-win organization with a culture of collaboration and appreciation. We believe in hiring the best and brightest to help cultivate our culture and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment.



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