Cyber Threat Hunter: Proactive Defense & Automation

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Pierre (SD); 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 and eradicate advanced threats across networks, endpoints, and data sources. You will develop threat hypotheses, support detection engineering, and build automation to streamline investigations.

The role requires 4+ years in cybersecurity, a bachelor’s degree, and experience across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4 years of cybersecurity or related security role.
• Demonstrated ability to perform system administrator-level analysis across multiple platforms and operating systems in support of cyber investigations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify, track, and assess adversary TTPs and suspicious activity.
• Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies, evidence preservation practices, and cyber defense and information security policies, procedures, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting across networks, endpoints, and security datasets to identify, isolate, and help eradicate advanced threats before they impact operations.
• Analyze logs from multiple sources, including packet captures, correlation engines, parsed security data, and endpoint telemetry, to detect suspicious behavior and validate threat activity.
• Establish and maintain baseline patterns for normal traffic, system activity, and data flows to improve anomaly detection and investigative accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with SOC analysts and detection engineers to recommend new alerts, analytics, and monitoring logic based on threat hunting findings, emerging trends, and identified visibility gaps.
• Develop automation scripts and workflows (using SOAR platforms, Python, PowerShell, or similar tools) to streamline threat hunting activities, automate repetitive analytical tasks, and reduce detection and response time.
• Research and track adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), developing technical hypotheses and investigative leads based on threat intelligence and observed behaviors.
• Support incident response activities by creating incident documentation, follow-up actions, reporting criteria, and recommendations that improve overall response maturity and operational resilience.
• Examine and characterize malware and cyber threats, including viruses, worms, bots, rootkits, and Trojan horses, to determine threat nature, scope, and potential impact.
• Apply reverse engineering and binary analysis techniques using tools such as Ghidra and IDA Pro to support vulnerability research and understand malicious code behavior.

Skills

Threat hunting

Log analysis

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

Threat intelligence

Incident response

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Python

PowerShell

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Cyber Threat Hunter to proactively identify and eradicate advanced threats across networks, endpoints, and data sources. You will develop threat hypotheses, support detection engineering, and build automation to streamline investigations.

The role requires 4+ years in cybersecurity, a bachelor’s degree, and experience across multiple platforms.