Senior Cyber Threat Hunter & Incident Response Specialist

Confidential; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a senior cyber threat hunter to proactively search for undetected threats within networks, initiate investigations, and collaborate with Threat Detection and Incident Response teams to generate hunting leads. The role focuses on turning threat intelligence into actionable information and relies on experience across OS environments.

The candidate will develop hunting strategies, build tools and automation, and lead incident response for critical security incidents,

Qualifications

• Five+ years in Threat Intelligence, Cybersecurity Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Reverse Engineering or Digital Forensics.
• Three+ years analyzing attacker techniques at all levels of attack.
• Experience with security challenges across multiple operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Searches for cyber threats undetected within the network and initiates investigations.
• Analyzes logs and network data with Threat Detection and Incident Response analysts to generate hunting leads.
• Develops threat hunting strategies and builds automation to identify sophisticated adversaries.
• Performs incident response for critical security incidents.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Cybersecurity incident response

Penetration testing

Reverse engineering

Digital forensics

Tools

Splunk

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Confidential is seeking a senior cyber threat hunter to proactively search for undetected threats within networks, initiate investigations, and collaborate with Threat Detection and Incident Response teams to generate hunting leads. The role focuses on turning threat intelligence into actionable information and relies on experience across OS environments.

The candidate will develop hunting strategies, build tools and automation, and lead incident response for critical security incidents,