Senior Threat Hunter: Insider Threat & Splunk (Remote/EST)

Piper Companies; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Threat Hunting Investigator for a leading technology organization. This is a fully remote role with EST business hours, ideal for a senior cybersecurity professional specializing in insider threat investigations, advanced Splunk detection, SPL query development, and UEBA/RBA implementations.

The role emphasizes proactive threat hunting, producing detailed investigative reports, and delivering actionable security recommendations within a globally recognized technology

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience conducting digital threat investigations, insider threat analysis, and forensic investigations.
• Advanced hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, including authoring complex SPL queries from scratch.
• Strong experience developing and managing Risk-Based Alerting (RBA) and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) programs.
• Proven ability to translate threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK techniques into production-ready detections and security workflows.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting and investigations focused on insider threats, suspicious user activity, and protection of critical intellectual property.
• Develop, test, deploy, and tune advanced Splunk detection content using SPL, correlation searches, risk rules, and notable events.
• Configure and optimize RBA and UEBA workflows to identify high-risk behaviors and improve threat detection capabilities.
• Produce clear investigative reports, technical documentation, and actionable recommendations for security stakeholders.

Skills

Insider threat investigations

Splunk detection engineering

SPL query development

UEBA

RBA implementation

Threat hunting

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Threat Hunting Investigator for a leading technology organization. This is a fully remote role with EST business hours, ideal for a senior cybersecurity professional specializing in insider threat investigations, advanced Splunk detection, SPL query development, and UEBA/RBA implementations.

The role emphasizes proactive threat hunting, producing detailed investigative reports, and delivering actionable security recommendations within a globally recognized technology