Senior Cyber Threat Hunter & Detection Engineer

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

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Cyber Threat Hunter to proactively identify and mitigate advanced cyber threats across enterprise networks, endpoints, and logs.

You will establish baseline traffic, develop threat hypotheses, and collaborate with SOC analysts to improve detection, analytics, and incident response capabilities, while building automation to accelerate investigations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4 years of experience in cybersecurity or a closely related technical security role.
• Ability to perform system administrator‑level analysis across multiple platforms and OSes in support of cyber investigations.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to identify, track, and assess adversary TTPs and suspicious activity.
• Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and cyber defense policies, procedures, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting across networks, endpoints, and security datasets to identify, isolate, and help eradicate advanced threats before they impact operations.
• Analyze logs from multiple sources, including packet captures, correlation engines, parsed security data, and endpoint telemetry, to detect suspicious behavior and validate threat activity.
• Establish and maintain baseline patterns for normal traffic, system activity, and data flows to improve anomaly detection and investigative accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with SOC analysts and detection engineers to recommend new alerts, analytics, and monitoring logic based on threat hunting findings, emerging trends, and identified visibility gaps.
• Develop automation scripts and workflows (using SOAR platforms, Python, PowerShell, or similar tools) to streamline threat hunting activities, automate repetitive analytical tasks, and reduce detection and response time.
• Research and track adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), developing technical hypotheses and investigative leads based on threat intelligence and observed behaviors.
• Support incident response activities by creating incident documentation, follow-up actions, reporting criteria, and recommendations that improve overall response maturity and operational resilience.
• Examine and characterize malware and cyber threats, including viruses, worms, bots, rootkits, and Trojan horses, to determine threat nature, scope, and potential impact.

Skills

Threat hunting

Anomaly detection

Log analysis

Security incident response

Threat intelligence

Data parsing

SOC collaboration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

SOAR platforms

Python

PowerShell

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Cyber Threat Hunter to proactively identify and mitigate advanced cyber threats across enterprise networks, endpoints, and logs.

You will establish baseline traffic, develop threat hypotheses, and collaborate with SOC analysts to improve detection, analytics, and incident response capabilities, while building automation to accelerate investigations.