Advanced Threat Hunter: Detect, Analyze & Automate

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 94,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services company, is seeking a Cyber Threat Hunter to proactively identify threats across networks, endpoints, and logs. This role establishes baselines for normal activity, develops hypotheses, and strengthens cyber defense through detection engineering and automation.

You will collaborate with SOC analysts, create enhanced monitoring logic, and perform malware analysis using tools like Ghidra and IDA Pro to understand threat behavior and improve incident

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience.
• 4 years of cybersecurity or related security role.
• Ability to perform system admin‑level analysis across multiple platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to track adversary TTPs.

Responsibilities

• Proactively hunt threats across networks, endpoints, and security datasets.
• Analyze logs from multiple sources to detect suspicious activity.
• Establish baselines for normal traffic and data flows to improve detection.
• Collaborate with SOC analysts to optimize alerts and monitoring logic.
• Develop automation scripts and workflows using SOAR, Python, or PowerShell.
• Research attacker TTPs and develop investigative leads.

Skills

Threat hunting

Log analysis

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

TTP identification

Incident response docs

Detection engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT/CS/Cybersecurity

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

SOAR platforms

Python

PowerShell

Job description

ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services company, is seeking a Cyber Threat Hunter to proactively identify threats across networks, endpoints, and logs. This role establishes baselines for normal activity, develops hypotheses, and strengthens cyber defense through detection engineering and automation.

You will collaborate with SOC analysts, create enhanced monitoring logic, and perform malware analysis using tools like Ghidra and IDA Pro to understand threat behavior and improve incident