Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Engineer

SoFi Technologies, Inc.
San Francisco, United States of America
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Remote
San Francisco, United States of America

Tech stack

Computer Security
Computer Networks
Data Sharing
Query Languages
File Systems
Python
Open Source Intelligence
Reverse Engineering
Security Information and Event Management
Data Processing
Mitre Att&ck
Malware
Cyber Threat Analysis

Job description

We are seeking a Cyber Threat Intelligence Engineer to join our Cyber Threat Intelligence team. In this role, you will be instrumental in protecting our critical financial infrastructure and employees. By operating at the intersection of threat research and security engineering, you will collect, process, and analyze intelligence to stay ahead of threat actors targeting the financial sector and help the bank make intelligence-led decisions for proactive defense., * Collection, Curation, & Operationalization: Collect, normalize, enrich, and tag Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) from commercial vendors, open-source intelligence, and partners. Operationalize intelligence into actionable decisions across our control stack. Assess intelligence quality and reduce noise through lifecycle management of intelligence indicators.

  • Platform Engineering: Design, develop, and maintain pipelines to ingest intelligence into our Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP). Develop automation to enrich and integrate intelligence. Improve efficiency and scalability of the Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP).
  • Intelligence Reporting: Build reporting capabilities to ingest and disseminate articles, vendor feeds, and threat alerts applicable to our environment. Enable the preparation of actionable Flash Reports, Threat Briefings, and detailed profiles on threat actor motivations and capabilities.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate directly with Security Operations Center (SOC), Insider Threat, Fraud Risk, and other key stakeholders to prioritize alerts, mitigate emerging threats, and contextualize intelligence. Gather requirements from key stakeholders to prioritize the development of feeds or enrichments to support their business needs.
  • Threat Tracking & Hunting: Track threat actors, malware families, and vulnerabilities relevant to our operations. Align intelligence gathering priorities to enterprise risks and relevant threat actors.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Technical Proficiency?, * Engineering: Proven experience engineering solutions in cybersecurity and/or threat intelligence.

  • Technical Proficiency: Hands-on experience coding in Python and ability to learn vendor-specific query languages. Automation of basic file processing, data manipulation, and data collection tasks.
  • Threat Frameworks: Practical knowledge of industry-standard cybersecurity attack frameworks such as the MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Cyber Kill Chain Methodology, or the Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis.
  • Security Tooling: Utilizing SIEM/log management tools.
  • Analytical Mindset: Ability to differentiate between true and false positives, assess the credibility of threat feeds, and apply intelligence to achieve operational goals., * Certifications: Industry-recognized threat intelligence certifications such as C|TIA (Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst), GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI), or GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH).
  • Data Sharing Formats: Experience managing intelligence feeds using structured sharing formats like STIX and TAXII.
  • Advanced Analysis: Familiarity with malware analysis, reverse engineering concepts, network traffic analysis, and HTTP header analysis to uncover vulnerabilities.

About the company

Shape a brighter financial future with us. Together with our members, we're changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We're a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we're at the forefront. We're proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people's lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.

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