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Threat Operations Analyst

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Posted on: 14-01-2026

Job description

Threat & Vulnerability Analysis

  • Review and analyse threats, risks, and vulnerabilities identified by CTRL and proactive detection pipelines
  • Validate exposed services such as RDP, SSH, databases, and edge devices using Shodan, Censys, LeakIX, and Nuclei
  • Evaluate security configurations to identify mitigating or compensating controls

Asset Verification & Attribution

  • Confirm internet-facing asset ownership using WHOIS, DNS and reverse-DNS, TLS fingerprinting, Shodan data, and OSINT techniques
  • Resolve attribution uncertainties to ensure customers receive notifications only for confirmed assets

Customer Notification & Advisory Work

  • Produce clear security alerts outlining issues, affected assets, remediation guidance, and vendor references
  • Communicate directly with customers and brokers to explain findings, clarify risk, and priorities remediation

Internal Collaboration & Escalation

  • Act as a technical escalation point for Customer Support, Underwriting, and Claims
  • Investigate queries related to exposed services, vulnerabilities, false positives, or disputed ownership
  • Provide technical input to improve processes, detection workflows, and cross-team knowledge sharing

Operational Excellence

  • Maintain a high standard of customer service with professional, timely communication
  • Assist in tuning detection logic and improving vulnerability and exposure accuracy
  • Support continuous improvement of CTRL intelligence capabilities and processes

Required Skills & Knowledge

  • Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, ports, protocols, and common services
  • Familiarity with cyber security concepts including CVE, CVSS, threat actor TTPs, exploitation lifecycle, and attack surfaces
  • Hands-on experience with internet scanning and exposure tools such as Shodan, Censys, LeakIX, and Nuclei
  • Ability to interpret DNS records, WHOIS data, HTTP headers, and OSINT artefacts
  • Skilled at translating complex technical issues into clear, customer-friendly language

 Key job details

Primary Location
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Job Type
Experienced
Primary Skills
CI & CD, Python, MS SQL Server
Years of Experience
7
Travel
No
Job Posting
14/01/2026

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