Jessica Lee (B.A. 2011, M.A. 2013) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, Principal Financial Group

Jessica Lee (B.A. 2011, M.A. 2013)
Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, Principal Financial Group

Jessica Lee tracks geopolitical events and cyber criminals.

She works as a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst for Principal Financial Group, a position that requires her to pinpoint potential attacks on her company’s cyber systems.  Every day Jessica researches cyber threat information via social media, government sources, and intelligence providers.  She then makes recommendations about how to protect the company.

Jessica emphasizes that the skills she gained in her English and linguistics programs help her to identify the purposes of texts from cyber adversaries as well as the language backgrounds of the texts' authors.

Jessica received her B.A. in English, Linguistics Track in 2011 and M.A. in English Composition, Applied Linguistics Concentration in 2013.  She then moved to Texas and started her career as a technical writer for a software company.  She was later hired by Chevron as a technical writer in cyber security and, after only six months, was promoted to cyber threat intelligence analyst.   She later landed her current position with Principal Financial.

Jessica’s advice to current students: Research what is out there for you career-wise, and clearly spell out to potential employers the writing and analytical abilities you developed as an English major.

To hear more from Jessica about her work at Chevron, watch “A Day in the Life: Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst.”