Threat Intelligence Analyst II
About The Position
• The Mastercard Intelligence Center (MCIC) delivers actionable intelligence that anticipates threats and drives risk-based decisions to safeguard our people, networks, data, and business. • Our team collects, analyzes, and disseminates intelligence on geopolitical developments, cyber threats, fraud trends, physical security risks, and emerging technologies that could impact Mastercard’s people, operations, and customers. • Through continuous monitoring, advanced analysis, and deep partnerships with industry, government, and law enforcement, the MCIC helps to protect the trust ecosystem that underpins Mastercard’s global network and strengthens enterprise resilience.
Requirements
- Possesses a strong analytical mindset with experience collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing intelligence from diverse sources (open-source, technical, geopolitical, cyber, fraud, or physical security).
- Demonstrates solid understanding of intelligence tradecraft, including structured analytic techniques, threat modeling, and risk assessment methodologies.
- Understands key threat domains—cyber, fraud, geopolitical, and physical security—and can quickly learn emerging trends to assess their business impact.
- Has experience monitoring threat activity and translating complex information into clear, actionable intelligence products for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Communicates effectively in writing and verbally, with the ability to brief senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
- Demonstrates sound judgment, curiosity, and a proactive approach to identifying threats and informing risk-based decisions.
- Holds a bachelor’s degree in intelligence studies, political science, cybersecurity, international affairs, or a related discipline.
Responsibilities
- Collect, process, analyze, publish, and disseminate threat intelligence for Mastercard
- Leverage that intelligence to threat-inform risk-based decisions across the organization
- Author risk assessments that capture threat landscape impacts to business operations
- Brief intelligence analysis to internal stakeholders
- Partner with internal stakeholders, principally the SOC, Vulnerability Management, Fraud Prevention, Regional Security, and Crisis Management to fuse intelligence from across the organization
- Partner with external stakeholders such as government departments, law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and industry to enable threat intelligence sharing across public and private partners
- Support threat scenario development for red teaming, exercising, and resilience testing
Benefits
- insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- flexible spending account and health savings account
- paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
- 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
- 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
- 401k with a best-in-class company match
- deferred compensation for eligible roles
- fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
- eligibility for tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
