Hybrid Cyber Threat Management Analyst, Specialist bei Vanguard

Global Risk and Security (GR&S) at Vanguard enables business strategy, protects client and Vanguard interests (e.g., assets and data), and stewards a strong risk culture. Our teams leverage enterprise-wide insights, deep expertise, and trusted advice so that across Vanguard leaders and crew drive faster, stronger, risk-informed decisions.

Within GR&S, the Enterprise Security and Fraud (ES&F) sub-division is responsible for the global protection of Vanguard crew, property, data, and client assets. We are the trusted advisors that protect the pride of Vanguard with state-of-the-art security and fraud capabilities. We are a world-class destination of highly engaged, passionate, and diverse talent expected to continuously learn and develop in an ever-changing security landscape.

Our crew are our greatest resource – by joining our team you will build collaborative long-term relationships and enjoy a suite of benefits that includes comprehensive health and wellness care, work-life balance, and an investment in your future at its core.

The Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst position is responsible for conducting in-depth research, documentation, and intelligence analysis of key cyber threats and vulnerabilities to understand threats to Vanguard. Additionally, this analyst will report directly the threat intelligence leadership team on a variety of intelligence problem sets and will directly support the management of the team in terms of its tactical mission.

Common duties include:

• Conduct tactical and operational threat analysis in support of ongoing campaigns, identifying new TTPs and vulnerabilities for analysis and detection opportunities. Drive operational needs as a senior officer inside of the team's tactical mission.
• Track threat actors, vulnerability exploitation, and other emerging and novel TTPs relevant to Vanguard’s technology footprint. Prior career experience in intelligence surrounding threat actor tracking is highly desirable.
• Produce actionable reports, briefings, and indicators of compromise (IOCs) for internal stakeholders and review similar outputs from more junior members of the team as a subject matter expert.
• Possess critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to find solutions, extrapolate salient artifacts, and identify correlations in threat data.
• Escalate critical or important findings to managers in a timely manner with appropriate risk analysis.
• Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Work with hunt and analysis teams to assist with contextualizing the threat and facilitating the identification, mitigation, and containment of cyber-security incidents.
• Draft well-written analytical assessments and provide briefings to the team on key issues while guiding more junior analysts on how to build expertise in these areas.

Additional Qualifications:

• Knowledge of current and emerging cyber adversaries and their techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs)
• Knowledge of a Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform, feed integrations, and security/process orchestration and automation.  
• Knowledge of threat modeling and adversary tactics and techniques frameworks, such as MITRE ATT&CK matrices, Cyber Kill Chain, ACH
• Knowledge of Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), CVE analysis, adversary exploitation techniques, attack surface management.
• Proficiency in cybersecurity tools and techniques, as well as knowledge of common cyber threats and attack vectors.
• Understanding of current cybersecurity trends, threats, and concepts.
• Ability to write succinct briefings, presentations, and reports to convey analysis, threat trends, threat actor profiles, indicator bulletins, vulnerability details and defensive strategies to varied audiences
• Bachelor’s degree

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.