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Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa – Frimley, London, Manchester. Hybrid – this role can be based from any of our offices, with a minimum of 1 day per week on site.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Investigate cyber intrusions and threat activity in the Middle East region as part of our global Threat Intelligence team.
* Discover, analyse, document, and track advanced threat actor campaigns.
* Conduct research on threat actors (from hacktivists to criminals to state actors) and their tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) using commercial and open sources.
* Produce finished intelligence reports related to state and criminal threats, with insights into attacker techniques, identified campaigns, and actionable mitigation and detection guidance.
* Work collaboratively with technical specialists, intelligence analysts, and customer‑facing consultants.
* Support intelligence analysts with malware analysis and incident responders with technical expertise.
Skills And Experience
* Experience tracking actors or campaigns and their associated tactics, techniques, and tools.
* Strong understanding of the cyber threat landscape and ability to communicate relevant insights to customers.
* Self‑starter with ability to identify problems early and develop solutions using initiative.
* Technical skills with interest in open‑source intelligence investigations, digital forensics, infrastructure analysis, threat hunting, or malware reverse engineering.
* Understanding of networking fundamentals such as HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS, and other core protocols.
* Experience writing Python scripts.
* Ability to document and explain technical details clearly and concisely in writing and graphics for technical and non‑technical audiences.
Desirable Skills
* Experience querying commercial and open sources (e.g., Shodan, Censys).
* Familiarity with malware sandboxing and using the output to pivot and find additional activity.
* Experience in threat hunting and creating file/network traffic signatures using Yara and Snort.
* Experience with cloud environments, including AWS and Azure.
* Experience writing Python scripts.
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence offers world‑class threat intelligence services to customers across the globe. Our team investigates some of the most complex nation‑state threat actors and intrusions on a daily basis. We are looking for a candidate with a strong understanding of the cyber threat landscape and a passion for technical analysis who is excited to become part of a growing team.
Benefits
Competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and an annual incentive.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and aim to make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must achieve at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, and many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK, depending on the required level of vetting.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Other, Information Technology, and Management
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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