Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst (f/m/d) in München

Welcome to ZEISS - a company that combines innovation and responsibility! Our corporate functions are diverse and make a decisive contribution to the strategic orientation and sustainable success of ZEISS. Corporate Information Technology (CIT) is the central part of the company's strategy, developing and implementing innovative security solutions to enhance efficiency and competitiveness in the Carl Zeiss Group. By working closely with various business units, CIT ensures that technological advancements and digital transformations are seamlessly integrated into business processes.

Your Role

In this role, you serve as a senior technical expert within the Cyber Defense Center. You are responsible for identifying, analyzing, and assessing global cyber threats, transforming complex data from diverse sources into actionable insights to proactively strengthen our defense strategies.

• Intelligence Collection & Analysis: Collect, process, and analyze information from various sources, including open-source intelligence (OSINT), dark web forums, and commercial threat intelligence feeds.
• TTP & Actor Profiling: Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of threat actors, their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and their potential impact on the organization.
• Advanced Tooling & Automation: Configure and maintain the Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) and utilize industry-standard tools such as Google Threat Intel (GTI), MISP, and Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (Defender TI) to automate and enrich data.
• Actionable Reporting: Generate threat intelligence products for diverse audiences, including technical reports and recommendations for defensive measures.
• Strategic Collaboration: Collaborate closely with the SOC, CIRT, and other business representatives to identify areas where threat intelligence provides the most benefit.
• Risk Assessment: Use structured analytic techniques to identify trends, assess risks, and elevate critical technical findings to the Incident Commander.
• Capability Enhancement: Research and evaluate new tools, techniques, and data sources to enhance overall threat intelligence capabilities.
• Documentation & Governance: Ensure complete and structured documentation of all activities, including the creation of playbooks, policies, and procedures.

Your Profile

Professional Experience: Several years of experience in threat intelligence environments, SOC or DFIR.

• Technical Deep-Dive: Strong knowledge of IT infrastructures, networks, operating systems, and cloud environments.
• Specific Tool Expertise: Proven hands-on experience with Google Threat Intel, MISP, or Microsoft Defender TI to drive proactive security measures.
• Framework Proficiency: Solid understanding of attacker TTPs and the ability to map observed activity to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or SANS.
• Analytical Mindset: Proven experience in handling complex or high-severity incidents and identifying emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Communication: Ability to communicate technical findings clearly and concisely to different stakeholder groups and translate threats into organizational requirements.
• Resilience: A structured, reliable, and resilient working style, especially when supporting threat mitigation efforts in critical situations.

As part of the recruitment process, security-relevant background checks may be conducted.

In the advanced applicant process, a police clearance certificate must be provided.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team

Lisa Briesner

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day - in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people. In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together. Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.