Senior Cyber Threat Hunter Lead

American Electric Power; Columbus (OH); Presencial; USD 116 000 - 151 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

American Electric Power in Columbus, OH seeks a senior threat hunter to lead proactive hunts across enterprise, cloud, identity, and operational technology environments. You will develop hypotheses, analyze intel, and translate findings into effective detections and playbooks.

Working with Detection Engineering and Security Operations, you will mentor junior analysts, identify visibility gaps, and drive improvements that strengthen our cyber defense posture and incident response readiness.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree or Associate degree with 2 years relevant IT/security experience.
• High School Diploma/GED with 4 years IT/system security experience.
• 7+ years IT-related experience or 5+ years security-related experience (military/government okay).

Responsabilidades

• Lead proactive threat hunting across enterprise, cloud, identity, and OT environments.
• Analyze cyber threat intel, adversary TTPs, and threat trends to prioritize hunts.
• Develop and execute hypothesis-driven hunts using MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain.
• Lead investigations involving APTs, insider threats, ransomware, and targeted intrusions.
• Serve as senior advisor during cyber incident response with threat analysis and remediation recommendations.
• Conduct advanced host, network, memory, and malware analyses to find IoCs.
• Reverse engineer malware and attacker tools to improve detections and responses.
• Translate hunting findings into detections, use cases, and security improvements with SOC teams.
• Identify gaps in visibility and controls; propose strategic enhancements to cyber defenses.
• Partner with government agencies and industry peers to enhance threat awareness.
• Develop threat hunting playbooks, methodologies, and standards for consistency.
• Mentor junior threat hunters, growing technical capabilities.

Conhecimentos

Threat hunting

Threat intelligence

Incident response

Forensics

Malware analysis

Communication

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree + 2 years experience

High School Diploma/GED + 4 years experience

Descrição da oferta de emprego

American Electric Power in Columbus, OH seeks a senior threat hunter to lead proactive hunts across enterprise, cloud, identity, and operational technology environments. You will develop hypotheses, analyze intel, and translate findings into effective detections and playbooks.

Working with Detection Engineering and Security Operations, you will mentor junior analysts, identify visibility gaps, and drive improvements that strengthen our cyber defense posture and incident response readiness.