Principal Threat Hunter (Fully Remote)

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

  • Principal Threat Hunter to discover and document real-world exploitation and attacker infrastructure.
  • First full-time hunter with latitude to define research and build the hunting function.

What You'll Do:

  • Hunt for emerging exploitation activity and attacker infrastructure.
  • Turn discoveries into detections, tooling, and automation.

What We Offer:

  • Unlimited PTO, healthcare, and 401k.
  • Generous parental leave and remote-friendly flexibility.
VulnCheck

VulnCheck provides structured exploit intelligence on actively weaponized vulnerabilities, built for automation and AI workflows. Founded in 2021, the company has a collaborative and supportive culture with a team of cybersecurity experts.

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