Job description
#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight. About the Role: CrowdStrike Intelligence, a core component of CrowdStrike, is seeking an Intelligence Analyst for its Analytical Support Team (AST) to support daily intelligence production and the development of customer Requests for Information (RFIs) responses. The Analyst will be required to identify, research, and report on open-sourced (OSINT) cyber operations and prior finished intelligence (FINTEL) for intelligence reports and RFIs. This position is instrumental in providing insight into intelligence products used by CrowdStrike customers, and in supporting internal intelligence teams by writing RFI responses. Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Triage, scope, and respond to RFIs from Intelligence Elite Analysts and CrowdStrike Intelligence customers.
- Identify relevant context such as priority intelligence requirements (PIR) or organizational threat profiles to fully interpret customer RFIs.
- Identify relevant and actionable cyber threats, trends, and new developments in the threat landscape through analysis of prior FINTEL and collection of OSINT, news articles, industry blogs/reports.
- Provide finished intelligence summaries with analytical insights for daily and weekly suspense, with minimal supervision.
- Collaborate and coordinate across intelligence teams for RFIs, daily intelligence reports, Subject Matter Expert (SME) content reviews.
- Support leadership and content management by compiling statistics on customer composition and readership, as needed
- Identify areas and gaps for process improvements and trend analysis in AST, as needed.
- Consistent, methodical, and disciplined self-starter with applied experience in intelligence report writing and analysis, creating finished intelligence products and customer RFI responses on threat actors, targeting campaigns and geopolitical events.
- Ability to demonstrate comprehensive, practical knowledge of research, collection skills, and analytic tradecraft methodology.
- Familiarity and understanding of cyber threat intelligence and technical terminology explaining tactics used by threat actors.
- Experience in assessing and vetting open-source regional media sources for relevance, reliability, and credibility.
- Research management skills to stage and organize research leads for deconfliction and to avoid information overload and analysis fatigue.
- Self-editing skills are essential.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to multi-task and handle competing deadlines.
- Experience using Jira and Salesforce, a plus.
Education
- Undergraduate degree or military training and experience in cyber intelligence, general intelligence studies, security studies, political science, international relations, etc.
- Other technical security certifications or academic background are a plus.
- Remote-first culture
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
- Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits
- Physical and mental wellness programs
- Paid parental leave, including adoption
- A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities
- Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration
