Sr. Engineer, Platform Threat Intelligence

College Board is a mission-driven, not-for-profit organization dedicated to excellence in education, and they are seeking a Senior Engineer for their Platform Threat Intelligence team. The role involves translating adversary intelligence into actionable improvements for platform security, collaborating with various teams to enhance detection, reporting, and operational outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Collect, curate, and analyze intelligence relevant to College Board products and adjacent services
• 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

Requirements:

• 5–8 years of experience in threat intelligence, security engineering, security research, or a closely related field
• 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
• 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 Cantonese and read/write Chinese (Traditional and/or Simplified) is strongly preferred
• Vietnamese language proficiency is a plus