Proactive Cyber Threat Hunter & Detection Engineer

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

Job summary

ASM Research is seeking a Cyber Threat Hunter to proactively protect enterprise environments by analyzing network, endpoint, and log data to identify malicious activity that may evade conventional security controls. You will establish baselines, detect anomalies, and contribute to detection engineering and automation.

Responsibilities include threat hunting, log analysis, reverse engineering, and supporting incident response with documentation and threat findings for leadership within a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in IT, CS, or Cybersecurity.
• 4 years of experience in cybersecurity or closely related security role.
• System administrator-level analysis across multiple platforms and OS in support of investigations.
• Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and security policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting across networks, endpoints, and security datasets to identify threats.
• Analyze logs from multiple sources to detect suspicious behavior and validate threat activity.
• Establish and maintain baseline patterns for normal traffic and data flows to improve anomaly detection.
• Collaborate with SOC analysts to recommend new alerts and monitoring logic.
• Develop automation scripts and workflows to streamline threat hunting tasks.
• Research adversary TTPs and develop investigative leads.
• Support incident response with documentation and recommendations to improve maturity.
• Examine malware and threats to determine threat nature and impact.
• Apply reverse engineering and binary analysis to support research.

Skills

Threat hunting

Log analysis

Packet capture analysis

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

Threat intelligence analysis

Incident response reporting

Automation & SOAR

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Python

PowerShell

Job description

ASM Research is seeking a Cyber Threat Hunter to proactively protect enterprise environments by analyzing network, endpoint, and log data to identify malicious activity that may evade conventional security controls. You will establish baselines, detect anomalies, and contribute to detection engineering and automation.

Responsibilities include threat hunting, log analysis, reverse engineering, and supporting incident response with documentation and threat findings for leadership within a