Senior Associate, Threat Intel Operations

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities

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• Research current and emerging threats facing Ares and our industry vertical
• Track threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures, and associated malware families
• Develop automated workflows, integrate incoming intelligence with existing security tools
• Curate, tune, and administer Threat Intelligence Platform
• Document threats into daily, weekly intelligence reports; ad hoc reporting, deeper dive analyses
• Threat model adversary TTPs against Ares’ own environment, to identify strengths and weaknesses
• Collaborate daily with SOC, vulnerability management, threat hunting colleagues
• Conduct threat modeling analyses, to include control maturity assessments and tool tuning
• Write custom Splunk queries to automate collection, analysis, dissemination of internal data; enrichment
• Develop SOPs relating to integration of threat intelligence with SOC, Platform Engineering tools

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Security Engineering, or equivalent field or proven requisite years of experience for on-the-job training.
• Recommended: Professional Certifications such as CISSP, GCTI, GCFE, or OSCP

Experience Required:

• Between 5-7 years of experience in Enterprise Cybersecurity in the financial, government, military, or technology sector, with at least 3-5 years in an intelligence or incident response role
• Experience with timely deliveries
• Experience preferred with adversary tactics, techniques and procedures, MITRE ATT&CK framework, CVSS, OSINT, deception techniques

General Requirements:

• Candidate should be willing to work flexible hours when needed due to the nature of cybersecurity threats
• Candidate should be able to work in a hybrid capacity from the local Ares office
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• High level of personal integrity, and the ability to professionally handle confidential matters and show an appropriate level of judgment and maturity
• Ability to interact effectively at all levels with sensitivity to cultural diversity
• Ability to adapt as the external environment and organization evolves
• Passionate about Cybersecurity domain and has the inclination to learn current technologies / concepts / improvements
• High-level understanding of security mitigation solutions across the broader cybersecurity landscape
• Knowledge of cyber security frameworks and attack methodologies
• Ability to analyze large data sets to identify trends/anomalies indicating malicious activity
• Knowledge of common TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK framework, CVSS, OSINT
• Ability to investigate, track incidents
• Proficient in SIEM, VM tools, threat intelligence platforms
• Experience with the following tools would be an advantage, but not essential:
• Threat Intelligence Providers (e.g. Recorded Future, Mandiant, Flashpoint)
• SIEM (e.g. Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Securonix)
• TIPs (e.g. ThreatQuotient, Anomali, ThreatConnect)
• Vulnerability Management (e.g. Tenable Nessus, Rapid7, Qualys)

Current Perks and Benefits:

Ares provides an extensive array of benefits and programs to support employee’s well-being which includes parental leave, childcare reimbursement, mental health apps and insurance coverage, world-class medical advisory,

Additional perks include travel insurance, meal allowances, flexible benefit plans, reproductive and adoption assistance, education sponsorship program and much more.

To gain deeper insights into our firm’s expertise, business and culture please visit our website and & LinkedIn page.

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of June 30, 2023, Ares Management's global platform had approximately $378 billion of assets under management(1) with more than 2,600 employees operating across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.aresmgmt.com.

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