Cyber Intelligence Engineer - CITA Engineering

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join Global Service Center (GSC) HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be. HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Cyber Intelligence Engineer - CITA Engineering

The mission of HSBC’s global Cyber Intelligence and Threat Analysis (CITA) team is to conduct comprehensive investigations of malicious cyber actions to inform, educate, and advise HSBC and the broader cybersecurity industry.  Through continuous learning and participation in internal and external engagements, CITA empowers decision makers, emboldens defenses, and weakens our cyber adversaries. 

Main responsabilities:

• Monitoring the global cyber threat landscape through open-source channels, raw-commercial datasets, participation in industry/government information sharing organisations/platforms, and cultivated personal relationships.
• Supporting the maintenance of a global capability for collection that considers market and business requirements and fully leverages the HSBC global footprint around location, culture, language, and proximity to high value partners.
• Leading the establishment of HSBC as a valued contributor to information sharing efforts across the industry that helps to drive a positive image of the bank with our peers and regulators in the markets we serve.
• Leading the establishment of HSBC as a leader in information security through collaborative analysis and contributions across multiple sectors in industry, academia, and government.
• Leading the development of internal HSBC capabilities, leveraging the global HSBC footprint that enables the team to fully understand the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures of advanced adversaries through direct observation and manipulation.
• Participation in and support of external active engagements with industry partners, law enforcement and the wider security community, that projects HSBC expertise in protecting the bank and its customers against systemic threats.
• Supporting a “self-critical” culture whereby identification of weaknesses in the bank's control plane (people, process, and technology) are brought to light in an effective manner and addressed.
• Supporting a culture of individual self-improvement whereby staff are expected to maintain subject matter expertise within their area of focus and within the realm of cybersecurity more broadly.
• Supporting engagement of Global Businesses and Functions everywhere HSBC does business that drives a global up-lift in cybersecurity awareness helping to “tell the story” of HSBC Cybersecurity efforts.
• Production of Management Information related to the Cyber Intelligence and Threat Analysis mission that is appropriate to the target audience, supported by data, and experienced analysis enabling informed decisions.