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Working Title: Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead

Job Class: Information Technology Specialist 5

Agency: Minnesota IT Services

• Job ID : 84645

• Location : St. Paul

• Telework Eligible : Yes - #LI-Hybrid

• Full/Part Time : Full-Time

• Regular/Temporary : Unlimited

• Who May Apply : Open to all qualified job seekers

• Date Posted : 03/11/2025

• Closing Date : 03/24/2025

• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit : Minnesota IT Services / MNIT Services - MAPE

• Division/Unit : Office of Enterprise Tech / Governmental Partners Staff

• Work Shift/Work Hours : Day Shift

• Days of Work : Monday - Friday

• Travel Required : No

• Salary Range: $39.14 - $66.92 / hourly; $81,724 - $139,728 / annually

• Job Class Option : Information Security

• Classified Status : Classified

• Bargaining Unit/Union : 214 - MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE

• FLSA Status : Exempt - Professional

• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes

The work you'll do is more than just a job.

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

Join the 2,800+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/careers/) (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position will be part of the Enterprise Security team, which embeds security protection statewide.

As the Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the threat intelligence program, as well as determining intelligence value. This position provides proactive and reactive threat intelligence capabilities to enhance situational awareness with contextualization and better decision-making during/following intrusions, enabling improved detection of advanced threats, identifying relevant vulnerabilities as influenced by the threat, and bolstering overall risk management policies.

This position will work across the organization to capture and analyze cyber incident data across Minnesota state and local government, other public service partners, and via the new incident reporting law. The position will expand the information sharing process across Minnesota’s local governments, K-12 education, and critical infrastructure partners.

This position requires an employee to be onsite at the work location 3 days per week.

• Telework (https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/policies/1422-telework.pdf) for Minnesota IT Services allows an employee to perform work from a telework location and an employee may be required to be in the office based on business needs and other dependencies in St Paul, Minnesota.

• Only candidates located in Minnesota and bordering states (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin) are telework eligible.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must clearly demonstrate all of the following qualifications in their resume. Resume tips here. (https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/careers/hiringprocess.jsp) :

Position requires a minimum of five (5) years of experience as an information security engineer or related information security role.

Experience must include:

Experience in an intelligence discipline and the analysis of state and non-state cyber threat actors.

• Knowledge and use of multiple threat intelligence platforms to identify and collect information.

• Understanding of threat intelligence concepts and skills, such as IOCs, TTPs, Diamond Model, ATPs, Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK, STIX/TAXII, Python, YARA, and others.

• Performing analysis of cyber tactics, techniques, and procedures in an effort to assess incidents, impact, and next steps.

• Ability to deliver effective verbal or written messages that facilitate a mutual understanding on both parties.

• Customer service skills that include active listening, empathy, and problem-solving.

A master’s degree in Information Technology or an IT related field substitutes for three (3) years of experience, OR an IT related bachelor’s degree substitutes for two (2) years, OR an IT related associate’s degree substitutes for one (1) year.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification(s) such as GCTI, CEH, GCIH, GCIA, GREM, GPEN, CISA, CISSP.

• Experience with software QA/QC methodologies, process, and technologies with respect to manual, automation, integration, and performance/stress testing areas.

• Proven leadership and mentoring skills.

Additional Requirements

It is the policy of Minnesota IT Services that a successful candidate must pass all legally required checks prior to employment which may consist of the following:

• SEMA4 Records Check (applies to current and past state employees only)

• Criminal History Check

• Reference Check

• Social Security and Address Verification

• Education Verification

• CJIS Background Check

• Other legally required checks

Minnesota IT Services does not participate in E-Verify. Minnesota IT Services will not sponsor applicant for work visas, including F-1 STEM OPT extensions. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us . Please indicate what assistance is needed.