Cyber Threat Hunter, Mid

Booz Allen Hamilton; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 62,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid leave

Professional development

Work-life programs

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a mid-level Cyber Threat Hunter to proactively detect advanced threats and strengthen incident response readiness. The role requires hypothesis-driven hunts, mastery of threat intelligence, and strong analytical skills across logs, endpoints, and nets. You will collaborate closely with SOC, IR, CTI, and platform engineers to improve visibility and detection.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience analyzing adversary behaviors and conducting structured hunts.
• Experience with MITRE ATT&CK and frameworks like Splunk PEAK.
• Experience leveraging threat intel and adversary TTPs to develop hunt hypotheses.
• Experience performing advanced analytics, log analysis, and forensic triage for CI/insider threat investigations.
• Maintaining repeatable, auditable workflows and documentation (SOPs, notes, deployment records).
• Ability to translate hunt findings into actionable improvements (detections, playbooks).
• Must be able to obtain Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness as required.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify malicious activity and hunt across enterprise networks.
• Develop and refine analytics to improve detection capabilities.
• Document repeatable workflows and produce hunt reports for leadership.
• Collaborate with SOC, IR, CTI, and platform engineering to operationalize intelligence.
• Brief leadership and mission stakeholders on threats, outcomes, and recommendations.

Skills

Threat hunting

Adversary behavior

Hypothesis-driven hunts

Log analysis

Threat intelligence

MITRE ATT&CK

Splunk PEAK

SOP documentation

Communication

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

SPL queries

Analytic development

Job description

Cyber Threat Hunter, Mid The Opportunity: Cyber threats are evolving, and perimeter security and automated protection aren’t enough, it’s time to go threat hunting. We need your cyber knowledge to detect advanced cyber threats. Instead of letting the attackers come to us, let’s go find them. We’re looking for a CND or CNO specialist who can think like a cyber attacker to figure out how to circumvent security measures. This is an opportunity to use your analytical skills and gain network defense experience. You’ll learn to rapidly prototype and develop scripts to create haystacks where you’ll sift through the false positives to find patterns and indicators.

The Threat Hunter supports a Cybersecurity Operations Division by proactively identifying malicious activity, uncovering hidden threats, and strengthening the organization’s defensive posture. This role conducts hypothesis‑driven hunts across enterprise networks, leveraging threat intelligence, adversary TTPs, and behavioral analytics to detect early indicators of compromise. The hunter performs deep‑dive analysis of logs, endpoint telemetry, and network data to validate findings, uncover patterns, and elevate confirmed threats to SOC and IR teams.

This position contributes to the continuous improvement of detection capabilities by developing new analytics, refining existing logic, and identifying visibility gaps across the environment. The hunter documents repeatable workflows, produces high‑quality hunt reports, and briefs leadership and mission stakeholders on emerging threats, hunt outcomes, and recommended defensive improvements. The role also collaborates closely with SOC, IR, CTI, and platform engineering teams to operationalize intelligence, integrate new data sources, and mature the organization’s hunt program. Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 2+ years of experience analyzing adversary behaviors, developing hunt hypotheses, and executing structured, hypothesis‑driven hunt operations
• Experience conducting hunts aligned to MITRE ATT&CK and frameworks such as Splunk PEAK
• Experience leveraging threat intelligence and emerging adversary TTPs to develop hunt hypotheses
• Experience performing advanced analytics, log analysis, and forensic triage to support CI and insider threat investigations
• Experience maintaining documentation, including SOPs, analytic development notes, deployment records, and review cycles that provide repeatable and auditable workflows
• Ability to translate hunt findings into actionable improvements such as detection enhancements, visibility recommendations, and updated playbooks
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with Splunk Enterprise, SPL queries, and analytic development
• Experience with behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and statistical or machine learning-based hunting techniques
• Experience supporting insider threat programs, CI investigations, or sensitive case forensics
• Possession of strong written and verbal communication skills, for producing hunt reports, briefing leadership, and collaborating with SOC and IR teams

Compensation

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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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