Senior Threat Hunter | ML-Driven Detections & Purple Team

Fortinet; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 101,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A cybersecurity firm is seeking a Senior Threat Hunting Specialist to leverage AI for threat detection and engage in simulations to validate detections. The role requires 5+ years of experience in threat hunting, deep knowledge of attacker TTPs, and collaboration with ML engineers. Ideal candidates will possess scripting skills in Python and expertise with tools like ClickHouse and FortiSIEM. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, retirement plans, and equity program participation.

Benefits

100% company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage

Health Spending Account

Flexible Paid Time Off

Retirement plan with company match

Employee & Family Assistance Plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years in threat hunting or related security roles.
• Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and attack chains.
• Experience proposing hunting hypotheses.
• Familiarity with SIEM, EDR, and telemetry sources.
• Practical scripting ability (Python required).

Responsibilities

• Perform hypothesis-driven threat hunting projects.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to define features.
• Create detection reports and dashboards.
• Design controlled red-team simulations.
• Track emerging threats and propose new scenarios.

Skills

Threat hunting expertise

Attacker TTPs understanding

Collaboration with ML teams

Scripting for attack simulation

Analytical reasoning

Tools

ClickHouse

PostgreSQL

FortiAnalyzer

FortiSIEM

Job description

A cybersecurity firm is seeking a Senior Threat Hunting Specialist to leverage AI for threat detection and engage in simulations to validate detections. The role requires 5+ years of experience in threat hunting, deep knowledge of attacker TTPs, and collaboration with ML engineers. Ideal candidates will possess scripting skills in Python and expertise with tools like ClickHouse and FortiSIEM. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, retirement plans, and equity program participation.