Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The College Board is a nonprofit organization focused on expanding educational opportunities. They are seeking a Senior Engineer for their Platform Threat Intelligence team to enhance security by translating adversary tactics into actionable improvements and collaborating with engineering and operational partners.
Responsibilities
- Collect, curate, and analyze actionable threat intelligence: including malware design trends and observed capabilities relevant to College Board products, platforms, and adjacent services, translating findings into clear risk insights and defensive priorities
- Assess adversary behaviors and trends to identify defensive and investigative opportunities and inform stakeholder priorities
- Maintain structured tracking of relevant threats and produce written assessments and briefings for technical and non-technical audiences
- Partner with engineering teams to translate findings into security requirements and hardening priorities
- Support operational stakeholders with analysis that informs investigations and related decision-making
- Operate as a cross-functional partner across engineering, data, and operational teams, maintaining strong working relationships
- Communicate clearly through written outputs and collaborative discussions to drive aligned action
- Contribute to repeatable workflows, documentation standards, and quality improvements that increase consistency and reliability
- Uphold safe handling expectations for sensitive information, including compliant storage, access, and sharing practices
- Contribute to improving the quality and usefulness of security-relevant signals and analytic outputs that support detection and measurement efforts
- When appropriate, support technical validation of hypotheses to reduce ambiguity and accelerate remediation, using policy-aligned approaches
Skills
- 5–8 years of experience in threat intelligence, security engineering, security research, or a closely related field with demonstrated capability in Windows malware analysis
- Proficiency with Python and at least one additional language for automation or prototyping
- Experience performing technical analysis of adversary behaviors and tools using common industry techniques
- Strong fundamentals in operating systems, networking, and attacker tradecraft, with the ability to explain technical findings clearly
- Experience producing clear written intelligence products for technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and operational stakeholders in ambiguous environments
- Commitment to secure handling of sensitive materials and ethical conduct
- Cultural/operational context: An understanding of regional communication norms and online ecosystems relevant to threat research (e.g., local social platforms, forums, and media), with the ability to interpret nuance and context in reporting
- Willingness to travel periodically in support of operational needs
- A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
- Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
- Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively
- Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal
- A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input
- A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking
- A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success
- Ability to speak Mandarin and read/write Chinese (Traditional and/or Simplified) is strongly preferred
- Vietnamese language proficiency is a plus
Benefits
- A meaningful career
- A supportive team
- A comprehensive package designed to help you thrive
Company Overview
College Board is a not-for-profit organization that clears a path for all students to own their future through the Advanced Placement Program, the SAT, Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy, BigFuture, and more. It was founded in 1899, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.collegeboard.org.