Threat Response Analyst

About Us

At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers approximately 25 million Internet properties, for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. 

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! 

About the Department

Cloudforce One is Cloudflare’s threat operations and research team, responsible for identifying and disrupting cyber threats ranging from sophisticated cyber criminal activity to nation-state sponsored advanced persistent threats (APTs).  Cloudforce One works in close partnership with external organizations and internal Cloudflare teams, continuously developing operational tradecraft and expanding ever-growing sources of threat intelligence to enable expedited threat hunting and remediation.  Members of Cloudforce One are at the helm of leveraging an incredibly vast and varied set of data points that only one of the world’s largest global networks can provide.  The team is able to analyze these unique data points, at massive scale and efficiency, synthesizing findings into actionable threat intelligence to better protect our customers.

About the Role

Cloudflare is a system spanning the globe, on a mission to make the internet better, safer, and more powerful everyday.  To help fulfill this mission, we are seeking a talented Threat Response Analyst, to identify, track, and defeat sophisticated email-borne cyber threats.  In this position, your experience, thinking, and action will be the key to our success.  You will identify Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) of ongoing Cyber Attacks in the real world. You will collaborate with our team to develop new ways to present and interact with our insights. You will stop the adversary. You will show the world how the adversary works.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Undergraduate with a US College Degree Program in one of the following majors or equivalent: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, or Computer Security or Information Systems.
• At least 2 years experience in tracking and analyzing cyber campaigns utilizing technical indicators such as Domains, IP Addresses, Emails (Subjects, From, To, etc)
• Experience analyzing, tracking and defending against phishing and BEC attacks
• Working knowledge of email authentication protocols, and experience in email header analysis
• You have the ability to synthesize technical information and document it in a non-technical manner including through graphical and verbal depictions
• You have excellent English skills, both. verbal and written
• You are capable and comfortable communicating actionable threat intelligence to both technical and executive-level stakeholders
• Desire to learn and improve
• Willing and eager to share knowledge, mentor and collaborate with a team

Bonus Points

• Experience in a Team Lead Role
• Experience tracking and analyzing cyber campaigns utilizing technical Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
• Experience with malicious file formats such as Microsoft Office Documents, Adobe PDFs
• Familiarity with regular expressions and their practical application in tracking malicious activity
• Working knowledge of SQL and devising SQL queries
• Experience with Yara
• Experience with DNS, IPv4, IPv6, HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP/SMTPS

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

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