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Company

UpGuard · 1 day ago

Threat intelligence Analyst

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$120K/yr - $120K/yr

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Responsibilities

Analyze Data Leaks: Process and assess incoming data feeds to identify whether customers have been impacted by data leaks.

Contribute to Threat Intelligence Feeds: Enhance UpGuard’s proprietary threat intelligence feeds by researching and integrating new findings.

Develop Vulnerability Detections: Build new product and vulnerability detections by reverse-engineering applications, analyzing vulnerability disclosures, and creating robust detection methodologies.

Conduct Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Security Research: Focus heavily on identifying, analyzing, and interpreting open-source intelligence across the open, deep, and dark web to identify risks and vulnerabilities.

Qualification

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Open Source IntelligenceScripting languagesSoftware DevelopmentSecurity ResearchVulnerability DetectionsData Leak Analysis

Required

Expertise in Open Source Intelligence: Strong understanding of OSINT methodologies with a focus on the open, deep, and dark web.

Understanding of Software Development: Solid grasp of software development processes to deconstruct and interpret vulnerability disclosures effectively.

Cross-Team Collaboration: Excellent communication skills to work with the Customer Success & Support teams, explaining capabilities and resolving customer issues.

Independence and Initiative: A self-starter attitude with the ability to take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion independently or collaboratively.

Technical Skills in Scripting: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, with the ability to learn and adapt to new programming languages as needed.

Preferred

Proven Expertise: Demonstrated experience through OSINT-focused tools or projects you’ve built or contributed to.

Background in Security Research or Development: Prior experience in security research, penetration testing, or software development.

Ability to Communicate Across Audiences: The capability to bridge technical insights with non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment and understanding.

Benefits

Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: use this for financial, physical, and mental wellbeing.

WFH set-up allowance: to ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set up within your first 3 months at UpGuard.

$1,500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: to support your career development all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance.

Generous Annual Leave/PTO allowances: time to recharge your batteries.

18 weeks paid Parental Leave: irrespective of parenting role.

Personal Leave allowance: this includes sick & carer’s leave.

Fully remote working environment: while we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance.

Top-spec hardware: all team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their roles.

Personal device security & online privacy protection subsidy: UpGuard provides team members with a paid subscription to personal device security & online privacy protection platform.

Generative AI subsidy: UpGuard provides paid subscriptions for all team members to access generative AI tools to support their work.