Cyber Threat Hunter: Proactive Detection & Response

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

Job summary

The Cyber Threat Hunter at ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, protects enterprise environments by analyzing network, endpoint, and log data to identify malicious activity that may evade standard controls.

You will establish baselines, detect anomalies, and develop threat hypotheses to strengthen cyber defense and incident response operations for the organization in Alaska.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting across networks, endpoints, and data to identify and help eradicate advanced threats.
• Analyze logs from multiple sources to detect suspicious behavior and validate threat activity.
• Establish and maintain baselines for normal traffic and system activity.
• Collaborate with SOC analysts to improve alerts, analytics, and monitoring.
• Develop automation scripts to streamline threat hunting and reduce response time.
• Research adversary TTPs and develop investigative leads from threat intel.
• Support incident response with documentation and recommended actions.
• Examine malware and threats to determine impact and scope.
• Apply reverse engineering and binary analysis to support vulnerability research.

Skills

Threat hunting

Anomaly detection

Log analysis

Malware analysis

TTP identification

Incident reporting

Detection engineering

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / CS / Cybersecurity

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Job description

The Cyber Threat Hunter at ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, protects enterprise environments by analyzing network, endpoint, and log data to identify malicious activity that may evade standard controls.

You will establish baselines, detect anomalies, and develop threat hypotheses to strengthen cyber defense and incident response operations for the organization in Alaska.