Threat Hunter & Applied Security Researcher

Downtown Boulder Partnership; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer contributions

Employee stock purchase plan

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off including holidays and/v

Disability coverage

Job summary

Aon’s Applied Security Researcher role sits within the Proactive Threat Operations (PTO) team, supporting the Cybersecurity Operations Lead and the Proactive Threat Operations Team Lead in strengthening security posture.

The position involves researching emerging threats, analyzing data and threats, developing detections and playbooks, and collaborating across teams to improve incident response and threat hunting capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in cyber security operations, information technology, threat intelligence, and incident response.
• Hands on technical experience with threat intelligence data, analysis, and incident response.
• Experience in threat hunting, security data analysis, developing security tools and playbooks.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research on emerging cyber threats, attack vectors, and security vulnerabilities.
• Analyze malware, exploit kits, and other malicious tools to understand their behavior and develop countermeasures.
• Develop and maintain threat intelligence feeds and tooling.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support incident response and threat hunting activities.
• Create and curate signals/detections to enhance threat detection capabilities.
• Engineer tactical solutions to address immediate security needs and incidents.

Skills

Threat hunting

Security data analysis

Developing security tools

Playbooks development

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred in computer science or related fields

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Threat intelligence platforms

Scripting & automation

DevOps principles

Detection as code

Job description

Aon’s Applied Security Researcher role sits within the Proactive Threat Operations (PTO) team, supporting the Cybersecurity Operations Lead and the Proactive Threat Operations Team Lead in strengthening security posture.

The position involves researching emerging threats, analyzing data and threats, developing detections and playbooks, and collaborating across teams to improve incident response and threat hunting capabilities.