Sr Analyst, Cybersecurity Threat

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary:

As a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will lead proactive threat hunting to identify and disrupt malicious activity before it becomes an incident, using advanced analytics, intelligence platforms, and deep technical expertise to detect emerging threats targeting PayPal. You will collaborate with external partners, including intelligence vendors and security researchers, to strengthen awareness of the evolving threat landscape and enhance cybersecurity posture. During significant incidents, you will conduct technical investigations, analyze adversary TTPs, assess impact, and support response efforts. You will translate complex findings into clear, actionable guidance for technical teams and executives, while mentoring junior analysts and promoting intelligence-driven security operations.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Independently apply security best practices to enhance and optimize cyber threat management, ensuring robust protection and efficiency, while beginning to understand and align security measures with business objectives.
• Partner with peers and internal teams to drive security initiatives, contribute to cross-functional projects, and at times co-lead efforts to strengthen security posture and cyber threat management.
• Analyze and resolve security challenges by adapting standard cyber threat management processes and exploring alternative approaches to address complex threats.
• Influence the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the team through informed decision-making, with a potential impact on other teams.
• Collaborate with key partners to gather and incorporate feedback, driving continuous improvements in cyber threat management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

Your day-to-day:

In this role, you'll focus primarily on proactive threat intelligence and hunting, with tactical incident support when needed:

• Lead threat hunting operations: Design and execute sophisticated threat hunting campaigns across PayPal's environment, developing hypotheses based on emerging threat intelligence, adversary TTPs, and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to identify threats that evade automated detection.
• Analyze and operationalize threat intelligence: Consume, analyze, and synthesize threat intelligence from multiple sources to identify threats relevant to PayPal's business, technology stack, and geographic presence. Develop detection content: Create and tune detection rules, correlation logic, and analytics across security tools based on threat intelligence insights and observed adversary behaviours.
• Track threat actors and campaigns: Monitor threat actor groups, emerging attack campaigns, and evolving TTPs that pose risks to financial services organizations, providing regular threat briefings and strategic assessments to security leadership.
• Support incident investigations: Provide threat intelligence expertise to investigation teams, helping attribute activity to known threat actors, identify related IOCs, and recommend containment strategies based on observed adversary behaviours.
• Enhance intelligence capabilities: Continuously evaluate and integrate new threat intelligence sources, tools, and methodologies while refining threat hunting playbooks based on lessons learned and emerging tradecraft.
• Engage the security community: Build relationships with external threat intelligence providers, security researchers, and peer organizations to exchange intelligence and stay current on emerging threats.
• Mentor and develop team members: Share your threat intelligence expertise with junior analysts, providing guidance on threat actor analysis, intelligence frameworks (like MITRE ATT&CK), and threat hunting methodologies.
• Drive intelligence-informed improvements: Conduct analysis following threat hunting findings and incident investigations to identify gaps in detection coverage and recommend intelligence-driven enhancements to PayPal's security architecture.

What do you need to bring:

• Demonstrate proven experience in security incident handling and security operations.
• Possess an in-depth understanding of network protocols, systems, and infrastructure security principles.
• Exhibit proficiency in analyzing business and employee needs, recommending, and designing end-to-end security solutions.
• Display strong incident management skills, effectively managing multiple incidents and driving results.
• Stay abreast of emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques through continuous monitoring of threat intelligence sources and participation in security communities and forums.
• Participate in cross-functional security projects and initiatives, providing security expertise and guidance to ensure the secure implementation of innovative technologies and systems.
• Possess excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and convey complex security concepts effectively.

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

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PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes.  Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately.  To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us. 

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset-you. That’s why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.

Who We Are:

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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.  

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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