Career Galaxy / Security

Threat Intelligence Analyst

You study the adversary, not just the alert.

You research threat actors, track campaigns, and translate what you learn into decisions the business can act on.

Mid levelInvestigatingAdvisingTeachingImpactCreativity

Entry

$80k

Median

$120k

Senior

$165k

Outlook: Growing faster than average. Ranges are US estimates and vary by market and employer.

A day in the life

  • Track a campaign across open sources
  • Publish a one page intel brief
  • Advise detection engineers on what to watch

Skills that matter

ResearchStructured analysisBriefing and writing

Where to start

CompTIA Security+Intel analysis foundations
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