Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Strategist

The Threat Intelligence Specialist will be responsible for owning and executing Canonical's threat intelligence strategy. This involves understanding which cyber threat actors are targeting Canonical, as well as utilizing intelligence on Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) to improve our products and internal cybersecurity controls.

This role requires collaboration with internal stakeholders, as well as the wider cybersecurity community, to ensure Canonical is recognized as a thought leader in open source threat intelligence.

The Threat Intelligence Specialist will lead intelligence gathering and development activities on threat actors targeting software supply chains. They will study attack trends across the wider open source software landscape, report findings to internal security teams, and advise the wider engineering community on the best course of action to detect and mitigate possible threats.

As the publisher of Ubuntu, Canonical products are directly or indirectly present in almost every organization and household in the world, making them a prime target for threat actors. This team's mission is to help Canonical, and by extension countless community members and companies around the world, secure their software infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain OSINT research environments
• Build and own Canonical's threat intelligence strategy
• Develop OSINT tradecraft, principles, and techniques
• Identify and track targeted intrusion cyber threats, trends, and new developments by cyber threat actors through analysis of proprietary and open source datasets
• Collaborate across teams to inform on activity of interest
• Coordinate adversary/campaign tracking
• Contribute to the wider threat intelligence community, establishing Canonical as a key contributor and thought leader in the space
• Work with product and engineering teams to explain cybersecurity threats and advise on mitigation strategies
• Work with the OPSEC and IS team to help implement/update security controls prioritizing cyber defence
• Identify intelligence gaps and propose new tools and research projects to fill them
• Conduct briefings for executives, internal stakeholders, and external customers

Requirements:

• An experienced threat intelligence leader (or similar)
• Knowledgeable about the current open source threat landscape and computer networking/infrastructure concepts
• Highly competent with OSINT tools (e.g., Buscador, Trace Labs OSINT VM, OSINT Framework, Maltego, Shodan, social media scraping tools, etc.)
• Able to identify, organize, catalogue, and track adversary tradecraft trends — often with incomplete data
• Experienced using threat intelligence data to influence enterprise architecture or product development decisions
• An excellent communicator with the ability to clearly articulate and tailor technical content to a variety of audiences
• Able to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Desired Characteristics:

• A professional portfolio of OSINT related scripts, tools, or frameworks
• Demonstrated involvement in the larger OSINT community (please share relevant links)
• Degree qualified, with a bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related field
• Certifications in related areas (e.g. GOSI, SANS SEC487 & SEC587, IntelTechniques OSIP, etc)
• Experience in a tech company or government/military signal intelligence departments

We Offer:

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events