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Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability, and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.

Your Team & Role

As a Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist within the Cyber Defense and Response organization, you will be responsible for developing finished intelligence for various stakeholders across the Prudential Financial enterprise. You will be responsible for tuning all Cyber Threat Intelligence tools to meet our intelligence requirements. You will partner with business and technology professionals to continuously improve our security posture and resilience.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

• Collection, analysis, and dissemination of timely finished intelligence that meets intelligence requirements of stakeholders.

• Perform regular analysis of internal and external sources to identify potential threats and attack trends.

• Support Cyber Defense and Response team by providing curated research and reporting that can assist in incident response, investigations, and threat detection.

• Support Attack Surface Management team by providing curated research and reporting that can assist in assessment of attack vectors.

• Support technology owners in understanding threats relevant to their technology stack.

• Partner and support business and technology stakeholders to drive cyber resiliency.

• Analyze threat campaigns targeting Prudential using formal analytical frameworks such as the Diamond Model and MITRE ATT&CK.

• Perform Cyber Threat Assessments based on potential cyber threats and their relevance to Prudential.

• Integrate and automate the use of cyber threat intelligence to enrich the organization’s security tools, security operations, and incident response.

• Collaborate with internal teams, external partners, and industry peers to share intelligence and industry best practices.

• Provide thorough insights on cyber resiliency and risk reduction opportunities.

• Bring an applied understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, identify opportunities to provide input to the team, coach others, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day operations.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Experience or training with analysis of security events from multiple sources including but not limited to events from Security Information Monitoring (SIEM) tools, XDR/EDR, network and host-based intrusion detection systems, firewall logs, and system logs (Unix and Windows).

• Understanding of hybrid SaaS, Cloud, and on prem enterprise environment.

• Complete understanding of intelligence cycle including analytical methodologies such as Analysis of Competing Hypotheses.

• Experience with agile development methodologies.

• Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business.

• Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges.

• Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills.

Applied experience with several of the following:

• Cyber Threat Intelligence

• Digital Forensics

• Cyber Security Operations

• Cyber Incident Response

• Threat Hunting and Adversary Emulation

• Automation and Engineering

Preferred qualifications:

· GIAC GCTI, GREM, GCFA, or GNFA.

· AWS Cloud Practitioner or AWS Security

· AZ-900 or AZ-500

· Experience with incident response, digital forensic investigations, security operations, and/or continuous monitoring.

· Experience with Python scripting language; additional languages a plus.

· Experience with Microsoft PowerShell.

You’ll Love Working Here Because You Can

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.

Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $97,300.00 to $144,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.

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