Senior Threat Hunter & Detection Engineer

Evans & Chambers Technology; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Evans & Chambers Technology seeks a Tier 3 Threat Hunter / Detection Engineer to perform proactive threat hunting, develop, tune, and maintain SIEM/SOAR content, and provide senior technical leadership for advanced investigations within the SOC.

Requires TS/SCI with CI Poly, a Bachelor's in Cybersecurity/CS (Master's preferred), 5–8+ years of cybersecurity experience, and DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III plus advanced certs (GCTI, GCFA, OSCP, or CISSP). Onsite at Fort Meade, MD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or related field; Master's preferred.
• Typically five to eight or more years of progressive cybersecurity experience including threat hunting, detection engineering, or advanced incident response.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III required; one advanced certification such as GCTI, GCFA, OSCP, or CISSP; proficiency in SIEM/SOAR content development and scripting/automation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive, hypothesis-driven threat hunts informed by threat intel and adversary TTP frameworks.
• Develop, tune, and maintain SIEM and SOAR detection content and automated response playbooks.
• Lead technical investigation of advanced threats, including malware analysis and forensics beyond Tier 2.
• Provide senior technical mentorship to Tier 1 and Tier 2 staff; support tabletop, red-team, and purple-team exercises.
• Participate in design-time control mapping and threat modeling; provide SOC-informed input to architecture decisions.

Skills

Threat hunting

Detection engineering

Incident response

Mentorship

Senior escalation

Education

Bachelor's in Cybersecurity / CS

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SIEM/SOAR

Automation scripting

Job description

Evans & Chambers Technology seeks a Tier 3 Threat Hunter / Detection Engineer to perform proactive threat hunting, develop, tune, and maintain SIEM/SOAR content, and provide senior technical leadership for advanced investigations within the SOC.

Requires TS/SCI with CI Poly, a Bachelor's in Cybersecurity/CS (Master's preferred), 5–8+ years of cybersecurity experience, and DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III plus advanced certs (GCTI, GCFA, OSCP, or CISSP). Onsite at Fort Meade, MD.