Cyber Threat Intelligence Officer

Employment Type: Permanent
Contract Duration: 

Why you will love working here

At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.

• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do: ONE IATA - We collaborate across teams, TRUSTED - We do the right thing, INNOVATIVE - We make tomorrow better, INCLUSIVE - We embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!

About the team you are joining

You will be joining the Information and Data Division, as the Cyber Threat Intelligence Officer, reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).  

You will be responsible for developing and executing cyber threat intelligence program, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating actionable intelligence on current and emerging cyber threats, monitoring threat actors, analyzing trends in cybercrime, and providing timely intelligence to enhance the organization’s threat detection, prevention, and response capabilities.

What your day would be like

You will be responsible for:

• Develop and execute the threat intelligence program aligned with organizational risk posture and business objectives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for threat intelligence matters across the organization.
• Collect and analyze data from open source (OSINT), closed source, internal telemetry, and third-party intelligence feeds.
• Produce tactical, operational, and strategic threat intelligence reports for various stakeholders including Management Committee.
• Identify and track threat actors, tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) aligned with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
• Collaborate with Security Operations Center (SOC), Incident Response, Risk Management, and other teams to provide contextual threat intelligence.
• Integrate intelligence outputs into incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, and risk assessment workflows.
• Monitor the cyber threat landscape, including nation-state threats, cybercriminal campaigns, and emerging vulnerabilities.
• Contribute to threat modeling and threat hunting activities by providing intelligence on Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and TTPs.
• Maintain threat intelligence platforms (TIPs) and related tools.
• Liaise with government, industry, and law enforcement partners to share intelligence and improve situational awareness.
• Develop and maintain internal processes for threat intelligence lifecycle management.
• Lead project team or dotted line -cyber security staff.
• Support executive decision-making with strategic intelligence briefings and risk assessments.
  
  

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant working experience with international exposure, with at least 5 years in threat intelligence field.
• Strong understanding of threat actor motivations, attack vectors, and cyber kill chain models, with experience in threat intelligence platforms, SIEMs, and data enrichment tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of aviation cybersecurity, regulatory frameworks, and airline or aviation operations.
• Proficiency in English is required; additional language skills are a plus.

Travel Required: Y: 5%