Lead Analyst

Permanent position based in Sydney- Hybrid work environment- Impactful work that helps make a difference to the Australian people

The Reserve Bank of Australia's Cyber Threat Intelligence Centre (RBA - CTIC) is hiring for a Lead Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst to join a skilled team on a permanent basis. In this role you will contribute to the delivery of actionable, contextualised, relevant and timely cyber threat intelligence to internal and external stakeholders to protect the RBA and reduce cyber risk.

Your Team

Reporting to the Manager of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Centre (CTIC), you will join a focused cross-functional team of cyber security and threat intelligence experts. The CTIC delivers solutions to combat complex cyber threats and provides actionable threat intelligence to defend the RBA. The CTIC also serves as a hub for data processing, analysis and intelligence sharing.

There is a strong culture for collaboration, innovation and celebrating personal successes. The team is constantly looking to improve and welcomes fresh perspectives and ideas.

About the role-
- Provide technical leadership to support intelligence functions by operationalising intelligence to inform and enable functions such as incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability analysis, and detection engineering. This includes contributing to the development of high-quality technical products such as threat hunt packages and threat actor profiles.- Produce and disseminate contextualised, relevant and timely strategic, operational and tactical (technical) cyber threat intelligence products and services to internal and external stakeholders, with the aim of reducing cyber risk, and enabling the effective prioritisation of security work. This may include intelligence briefings/presentations, short and long form written reports, technical analysis, dashboards, security alerts, curated threat feeds, or other products designed to meet stakeholder requirements.- Contribute to, collaborate on and provide intelligence support to the investigation of suspected and actual threat activity, supporting the RBA Security Operations Centre, including (not limited to) its Detect, Hunt and Response functions; as well as providing critical intelligence which supports cyber risk management activities, insider threat, vulnerability posture management and the RBA's offensive security capability (red team).- You may be required to mentor and/or manage less experienced staff to develop their skills and achieve organisational outcomes.

About you

To be successful in this critical role you will possess:
- 3+ years' experience in a cyber threat intelligence or other technical cyber security role. Alternatively, a minimum of 5 years' experience in an adjacent information technology discipline.- Detailed knowledge and technical understanding of the threat landscape, threat actors, attack patterns, adversarial behaviours and tradecraft, including Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), especially those relevant to Government, the Financial Sector or Critical Infrastructure.- A broad understanding of general cybersecurity and information technology topics and principles relevant to a modern enterprise environment.- Strong presentation, written and verbal communication skills, backed up by an ability to rationalise and articulate the conclusions you make from your analytical work.- Deep understanding of cyber threat intelligence concepts, taxonomies and analytical frameworks, including Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND, F3EAD, Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis, structured analytical techniques, intelligence probability descriptors and assessment qualifiers.- A keen eye for opportunities to improve or automate existing workflows and processes.- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience- CREST Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst (CRTIA)- GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI)- MITRE ATT&CK Defender Certifications- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM)

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to