Senior Cyber Threat Hunter – Hybrid, MITRE TTPs Expert

Stateside; Adelphi (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Stateside is seeking a Cybersecurity Threat Hunter to join the Security Operations team in a hybrid role with occasional onsite work in Adelphi, MD. You will lead proactive threat hunting across endpoints, network, and cloud environments, analyzing logs to identify IO Cs and develop detection logic to prevent breaches.

You will collaborate with the Information Security team, mentor junior analysts, and produce threat assessment reports with actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of 6–8 years of relevant cybersecurity experience, with at least 5 years focused on threat hunting, threat intelligence, or incident response.
• Experience with MITRE ATT&CK framework is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead proactive threat hunting across endpoints, network, and cloud environments to detect anomalous behaviors and emerging threats.
• Analyze large security logs to identify patterns of malicious activity and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) using SIEM and EDR platforms, augmenting analysis with threat intelligence feeds.
• Develop and refine hypotheses for hunting campaigns based on current threat landscape and adversary TTPs (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK).
• Collaborate with the bigger Information Security team and other cross-functional teams to triage, elevate, and respond to identified threats.
• Design and implement custom detection logic and rules to improve threat detection efficacy within SIEM tool.
• Perform analysis on phishing emails, malicious files, and other threat artifacts when required.
• Develop documentation, hunting playbooks, and knowledge transfer materials for junior analysts and other stakeholders.
• Produce relevant valuable reports following threat assessments highlighting recommendations to improve security.
• Provide expert-level consultation on threat hunting methodologies and cyber adversary techniques.
• Maintain awareness of the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques through continuous research.
• Mentor and guide tier 1 engineers, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Threat hunting

Threat intelligence

Incident response

SIEM/EDR tools

Scripting: PowerShell/Python

Windows/Linux internals

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

EDR tools

SIEM platforms

Threat intelligence platforms

Job description

Stateside is seeking a Cybersecurity Threat Hunter to join the Security Operations team in a hybrid role with occasional onsite work in Adelphi, MD. You will lead proactive threat hunting across endpoints, network, and cloud environments, analyzing logs to identify IO Cs and develop detection logic to prevent breaches.

You will collaborate with the Information Security team, mentor junior analysts, and produce threat assessment reports with actionable recommendations.