Cognizant is an award-winning global provider of information technology and business consulting services. Founded in 1994, the company is headquartered in Teane
Threat Intelligence Researcher
Location
United States
Posted
40 days ago
Salary
$100K - $120K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Threat Intelligence Researcher
Cognizant
• Identify, track, and analyze advanced persistent threats (APTs), their TTPs, and their live infrastructure to gain insights into attack vectors, victimology, and attack scale. • Produce timely and actionable intelligence reports for customers, press, and partners. Participate in customer briefings, incident mitigation, and coordinated threat actor (TA) takedowns. • Develop and maintain high-fidelity detection signatures (YARA, Snort, Sigma) to protect customers. • Query massive datasets (using SQL, Python, or Splunk) to identify anomalies and map out adversary infrastructure. Build workbooks, dashboards, and develop methodologies to improve detections. • Design and leverage AI and LLM automations to support your analysis workload.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a highly technical equivalent.
- 3–5 years in a hands-on threat intelligence research role within a prominent industry organization, military, law enforcement, or government.
- Familiarity with prominent threat actors, APTs, emerging threat vectors, and the wider threat landscape.
- Proficiency with large dataset querying and dashboard design using Splunk, SQL, or similar platforms.
- A hacker's curiosity — the ability to look at a data point and see the hidden pattern.
- Bonus: Experience with open source and commercial attack surface, malware analysis, and network intelligence tools and platforms.
- Additional Bonus: Native-level reading and writing proficiency in Russian, Mandarin, Korean, or Farsi.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Health benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursements
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