Remote Threat Hunter | Splunk-SIEM Detective

Piper Companies; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

PTO

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Remote work

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Threat Hunter to join a growing client in the cybersecurity industry in the United States. This role is fully remote and ideal for hands-on security professionals with expertise in networking, systems administration, and threat detection.

You will conduct proactive threat hunting, build SPL queries in Splunk, investigate events with SIEM/UEBA, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to strengthen defenses. Salary range is $130,000–$160,000 with full benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of threat hunting, incident response, or security operations experience.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk or another SIEM, building SPL queries from scratch.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience with UEBA/UBA platforms to identify suspicious user behavior.
• Prior Systems/Network Engineer background is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting across enterprise environments to identify malicious activity and indicators of compromise.
• Create and optimize SPL queries from scratch within Splunk or another SIEM to enhance threat detection.
• Investigate anomalous events, user activity, and potential security incidents using SIEM and UEBA/UBA.
• Analyze network, system, and security telemetry to uncover emerging threats and improve defenses.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop detection strategies and strengthen security posture.

Skills

Threat hunting

Incident response

Security operations

Networking concepts

Systems administration

UEBA/UBA familiarity

SIEM platforms

SPL queries

Tools

Splunk

SIEM

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Threat Hunter to join a growing client in the cybersecurity industry in the United States. This role is fully remote and ideal for hands-on security professionals with expertise in networking, systems administration, and threat detection.

You will conduct proactive threat hunting, build SPL queries in Splunk, investigate events with SIEM/UEBA, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to strengthen defenses. Salary range is $130,000–$160,000 with full benefits.