Threat Hunter

CMK Resources, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CMK Resources, Inc. seeks an experienced Threat Hunter to proactively identify threats, vulnerabilities, and sophisticated adversary activity within a large enterprise environment.

This hands-on contributor role focuses on proactive threat identification and risk reduction. You will conduct proactive threat hunts across Windows and Linux, develop repeatable hunting methodologies, investigate endpoint, identity, cloud, and security-event data, and translate findings into detections and

Qualifications

• Hands-on enterprise threat-hunting experience.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux security.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel.
• Experience with CrowdStrike.
• Understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Experience developing threat-hunting processes or playbooks.
• Ability to connect hunting findings to detection engineering.
• Strong investigation, analysis, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunts across Windows and Linux environments.
• Identify suspicious behavior, attack patterns, vulnerabilities, and emerging risks.
• Develop repeatable hunting methodologies, processes, and playbooks.
• Investigate endpoint, identity, cloud, and security-event data.
• Use Microsoft Sentinel and CrowdStrike to analyze potential threats.
• Translate hunting findings into durable detections and security improvements.
• Document findings and communicate risk to technical stakeholders.
• Recommend actions that proactively reduce security exposure.

Skills

Threat hunting

Windows security

Linux security

ATT&CK knowledge

Investigation & documentation

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike

Job description

CMK Resources is seeking an experienced Threat Hunter to proactively identify threats, vulnerabilities, and sophisticated adversary activity within a large enterprise environment. This person will work as part of an existing security team and help strengthen the organization’s threat-hunting processes, playbooks, and detection capabilities.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused primarily on proactive threat identification and risk reduction.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunts across Windows and Linux environments
• Identify suspicious behavior, attack patterns, vulnerabilities, and emerging risks
• Develop repeatable hunting methodologies, processes, and playbooks
• Investigate endpoint, identity, cloud, and security-event data
• Use Microsoft Sentinel and CrowdStrike to analyze potential threats
• Translate hunting findings into durable detections and security improvements
• Support detection engineering and continuous tuningDocument findings and communicate risk to technical stakeholders
• Recommend actions that proactively reduce security exposure

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on enterprise threat-hunting experience
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux security
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel
• Experience with CrowdStrike
• Understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures
• Experience developing threat-hunting processes or playbooks
• Ability to connect hunting findings to detection engineering
• Strong investigation, analysis, and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• KQL experience
• Experience building and tuning production detections
• Malware analysis or reverse-engineering experience
• Experience within a Microsoft-focused security environment