Senior Exposure Threat Hunter: Attack Surface Leader

NXP Semiconductors; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors, located in Austin, TX, seeks an experienced Senior Exposure Threat Hunter to join our Information Security team. You will proactively identify and validate security exposures, attack paths, and weaknesses that threat actors may exploit across the enterprise.

The role requires deep security operations expertise, strong investigative skills, and the ability to translate findings into actionable risk reduction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in cybersecurity or IT.
• 5+ years in information security, SOC, threat hunting, or incident response.
• Strong understanding of security operations processes and investigative workflows.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, and threat hunting methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Identify, investigate, and validate security exposures and attack paths across enterprise environments.
• Conduct threat hunting to uncover risks and indicators of compromise not seen by traditional monitoring.
• Analyze logs, telemetry, cloud findings, and threat intel to identify gaps and exploitable conditions.
• Assess attacker perspectives to determine potential exploitation scenarios and business impact.
• Collaborate with SOC, Vulnerability Management, Engineering, Cloud Security, and IR teams to validate findings and aid remediation.
• Develop and improve exposure hunting methodologies and detection rules.
• Document findings, risk assessments, and remediation guidance clearly for stakeholders.
• Provide strategic recommendations to reduce attack surface and improve security posture.

Skills

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Communication skills

Security operations

Threat hunting

SIEM/EDR

Cloud security

Identity security

Attack techniques

MITRE ATT&CK

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

SIEM platforms

EDR/XDR

Identity security tools

Cloud security tools

Exposure management

Attack surface management

Job description

NXP Semiconductors, located in Austin, TX, seeks an experienced Senior Exposure Threat Hunter to join our Information Security team. You will proactively identify and validate security exposures, attack paths, and weaknesses that threat actors may exploit across the enterprise.

The role requires deep security operations expertise, strong investigative skills, and the ability to translate findings into actionable risk reduction.