Lead Threat Hunter — Remote, Build Detections & Automation

VulnCheck Inc.

United States

Remote

USD 150,000 - 210,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO
Healthcare
401(k)
Parental leave
Remote-friendly flexibility

Job summary

VulnCheck is seeking a Principal Threat Hunter to lead the hunt for emerging exploitation activity and attacker infrastructure in the United States. You will define the research agenda and build the hunting function as the first full-time hunter.

VulnCheck provides structured exploit intelligence on actively weaponized vulnerabilities, founded in 2021, with a collaborative culture, supportive teammates, and a focus on automation and AI workflows. Remote-friendly and employee-focused.

Qualifications

  • Extensive threat hunting experience in enterprise environments.
  • Strong knowledge of attacker TTPs and real-world exploitation.
  • Ability to translate findings into detections and automation.

Responsibilities

  • Hunt for emerging exploitation activity and attacker infrastructure.
  • Turn discoveries into detections, tooling, and automation.
  • Lead the initial threat hunting function and define research scope.

Skills

Threat hunting
Incident response
Security analytics
Automation tooling

Tools

EDR platforms
SIEM
Threat intel feeds

Job description

VulnCheck is seeking a Principal Threat Hunter to lead the hunt for emerging exploitation activity and attacker infrastructure in the United States. You will define the research agenda and build the hunting function as the first full-time hunter.

VulnCheck provides structured exploit intelligence on actively weaponized vulnerabilities, founded in 2021, with a collaborative culture, supportive teammates, and a focus on automation and AI workflows. Remote-friendly and employee-focused.

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