Senior Cyber Threat Hunter & IR Engineer

Truist; Zebulon (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift differential (3rd shift)

Job summary

Truist is seeking a Cyber Hunt & Respond Senior Engineer for the 24/7 Cyber Fusion Center, onsite in Zebulon, NC. Role emphasizes proactive threat hunting and reactive incident response during 3rd shift (11pm–7am) with a +15% shift differential.

The position requires 7+ years in security engineering, a Bachelor’s degree, and deep cybersecurity expertise across threat modeling, security testing, and forensics. You will collaborate across teams, develop detections, and mentor colleagues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• 7+ years in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Deep specialized knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Proven experience in software development lifecycle security practices.
• Deep knowledge of threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
• Experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting across enterprise environments.
• Develop, test, and validate threat-hunting hypotheses using internal and external data sources.
• Perform digital forensics and incident response activities, including investigation, root cause analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Analyze endpoint, network, packet, log, and forensic data to identify malicious activity and determine attack scope and impact.
• Leverage data analysis, automation, and programming techniques to process large datasets and improve threat detection and response capabilities.
• Create and maintain searches, visualizations, analytic content, and advanced detection methodologies to identify emerging threats.
• Investigate suspicious artifacts and activity to distinguish malicious behavior from legitimate business operations.
• Collaborate with security, technology, and business teams to identify data requirements and enhance threat visibility across the organization.
• Provide technical consultation and subject matter expertise on cybersecurity incidents, investigations, and threat-hunting initiatives.
• Present findings, lessons learned, and threat intelligence to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentor and provide guidance to team members in threat hunting, digital forensics, incident response, and related disciplines.

Skills

Security engineering

Threat hunting

Incident response

Digital forensics

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Wireshark

tcpdump

Windows

Linux/Unix

Job description

Truist is seeking a Cyber Hunt & Respond Senior Engineer for the 24/7 Cyber Fusion Center, onsite in Zebulon, NC. Role emphasizes proactive threat hunting and reactive incident response during 3rd shift (11pm–7am) with a +15% shift differential.

The position requires 7+ years in security engineering, a Bachelor’s degree, and deep cybersecurity expertise across threat modeling, security testing, and forensics. You will collaborate across teams, develop detections, and mentor colleagues.