Remote Lead Threat Hunter - 24/7 Incident Response

Optiv Security Inc.; Overland Park (KS); Remoto; USD 120.000 - 190.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Work remotely

Professional training resources

Volunteer opportunities

Inclusive culture

Descrizione del lavoro

Optiv Security Inc. is seeking an experienced Threat Hunter to proactively analyze security incidents, coordinate rapid responses, and mentor junior analysts across client environments.

You will lead detection engineering, work with SIEM/EDR/XDR tools, apply MITRE ATT&CK, and communicate risks and remediation options to executives.

This remote role offers flexible shifts, strong training resources, and opportunities to advance within a fast-growing cybersecurity services leader.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Cyber Security, CS, or related field with 8+ years of incident response/blue team/red team ops.
• Certifications such as GCFA/GCIA/GREM/GCIH/CEH/OSCP or equivalent.
• Experience with 3+ areas: IR, detection engineering, malware/network analysis, threat intel, pentesting, forensics or cyber threat emulation.
• Strong scripting skills in Python/PowerShell/Bash/WMIC or similar.

Mansioni

• Proactively analyze, document and report potential security incidents in client environments.
• Coordinate with internal and client partners during security events requiring urgent response and containment.
• Lead, mentor and develop other threat hunters and analysts.
• Provide security gap analyses and effectiveness assessments of security platforms.
• Apply OSINT to assess adversary risk and recommend mitigations.
• Develop SOPs and KBs to support content development and client actions.
• Discuss security posture with clients and offer holistic improvement recommendations.
• Collaborate with senior analysts to inform hunting activities and content development.

Conoscenze

Threat hunting

Incident response

Leadership

Scripting

Security analytics

Formazione

Bachelor's or Master’s in Cyber Security or CS

Strumenti

CrowdStrike

CarbonBlack

Tanium

Splunk

Anomali

Sentinel

Vectra

Descrizione del lavoro

Optiv Security Inc. is seeking an experienced Threat Hunter to proactively analyze security incidents, coordinate rapid responses, and mentor junior analysts across client environments.

You will lead detection engineering, work with SIEM/EDR/XDR tools, apply MITRE ATT&CK, and communicate risks and remediation options to executives.

This remote role offers flexible shifts, strong training resources, and opportunities to advance within a fast-growing cybersecurity services leader.