Position Title: Info Security Analyst Entry (Threat Intelligence Analyst)
Target Start Date: End of July
Potential for this contract to be extended or converted to FTE? Potentially
Remote/Hybrid: 2 days a week in office
Office Location: 181 bay street - Toronto
Line of Business: FUSION CENTRE
What does the LOB do?:
- The CIBC Fusion Threat Intelligence Team is a specialized team dedicated to identifying, analyzing, and mitigating emerging threats that could impact the bank’s digital assets, clients, and operations.
- This team proactively monitors global threat landscapes, gathers intelligence from multiple sources, and collaborates with internal stakeholders to ensure timely detection and response to cyber risks.
- By leveraging advanced analytics, threat modeling, and real-time data, the Fusion Threat Intelligence Team provides actionable insights, supports incident response, and strengthens CIBC’s overall security posture, helping to safeguard critical information and maintain regulatory compliance.
This includes:
- External monitoring for social media-based malicious content, compromised credit and debit card products, technical vulnerabilities, malware, as well as compromised third parties, merchants, and point-of-sale machines to prevent threats and risks to CIBC.
- Detection of threat actors, events, and indicators of compromise affecting other financial institutions and extracting relevant information to prevent exploitation within CIBC.
Reason the role is open? Backfill
What project will this contractor be working on? Role is for a Threat intelligence Analyst.
Work Schedule (hours per week, start time): 37.5 Hours/week, 9-5 Monday to Friday
Potential for OT? No
Interview Process: 2 virtual interviews, potentially 3.
Team Size? 4
Who Will the Candidate Be Working with on a Daily Basis? Reporting to the Senior manager of Fusion Threat Intelligence and working directly with team.
How many years of experience? 1-2 years
Job Description:
- The Operational Threat Intelligence Analyst within the CIBC Fusion Threat Intelligence Team is responsible for proactively identifying, analyzing, and reporting on cyber threats that may impact the bank’s operations and assets.
- This role involves monitoring threat actors, trends, and vulnerabilities, producing actionable intelligence, and supporting incident response activities by providing timely and relevant threat assessments.
- The analyst collaborates with internal stakeholders to enhance detection capabilities, develops and maintains threat intelligence processes, and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Leveraging advanced analytical tools and methodologies, the analyst plays a critical role in strengthening CIBC’s security posture and enabling informed decision-making across the organization.
How You’ll Succeed
- Intelligence Cycle Expertise – Provide specialized advice, consultation, and analysis on intelligence issues and trends relating to cybersecurity, fraud, and corporate security, including in support of incidents, investigations and other Fusion use cases. Complete operational and strategic level analysis that captures high-level analytical insights and produce concise intelligence briefings meeting consumer needs; ensuring a high standard of service delivery. Provide expert advice/consultation to senior management on designing, implementing, optimizing and maintaining the intelligence cycle to inform and aid the protection assets, information, and people.
- Relationship Building – Develop and manage relationships with management and business leaders, including guiding collaboration with security pillars; providing knowledge of intelligence best practices and advanced collection and analysis techniques.
- Support to Key Stakeholders – Support complex incidents and investigations as an intelligence practitioner. Identify potential threats to CIBC; take action and contribute to problem and event management to resolve as quickly and efficiently as possible. Undertake special projects with internal and external stakeholders, as assigned / required.
- Strategic Thinking Approach – Provide support to Fusion Centre management, team members and peers as required to support delivery of Fusion Threat Intelligence programs.
- Communication – Demonstrate exceptional ability to communicate in a clear, concise and logical manner, verbally and in writing; sufficient to convey complex information/ideas on issues involving interpretation and opinion, capable of ensuring senior leaders are kept aware of issues and provided informed and timely advice.
- Leadership and Team Player – Contribute to the development of intelligence analysts within the Fusion Threat Intelligence team and a healthy work environment. Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism and integrity; capable of creating a trusting work environment where the expression of diverse perspectives is encouraged.
Must Have Requirement:
- 1-2 years’ experience in threat intelligence
- Knowledge of common security threats, industry best practices, security technologies and how they relate
- Previous cyber security environment experience
- Experience with Threat Actors and Attack Techniques
- External Monitoring experience
Nice to Have:
- Previous experience within the financial sector space
- It’s an asset if you have an information security certification – CompTIA Sec+, CISM
Soft Skills:
- You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to bring a shared vision to life.
- Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.
- Up to date knowledge of threat actors and current attack techniques
- Passion for thinking like an attacker.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism and integrity
- capable of creating a trusting work environment where the expression of diverse perspectives is encouraged.
- Education and Certifications: Undergrad level diploma.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Freelance
Pay: $55.00-$58.00 per hour
Experience:
- threat intelligence: 1 year (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON
