Threat Hunter - IBM CISO

IBM

Austin (TX)

Hybrid

USD 79,000 - 130,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Training & certifications

Job summary

IBM Austin is seeking a Threat Hunter to proactively detect, disrupt, and eradicate threats. You will develop hunts, map TTPs, and work with IBM CISO teams to improve incident response and monitoring.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with EDR/SIEM, and the ability to translate findings for technical and executive audiences in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

Several years of experience in network security, threat hunting and incident response.
Ability to correlate alerts and hypotheses with TTPs.
Experience with automation or scripting.

Responsibilities

Develop threat hunts and deploy them in security toolsets.
Model attacks to improve detection and mitigation.
Analyze threats across the enterprise considering TTPs.
Create detection playbooks and counter-measures.
Document findings for technical and executive audiences.
Collaborate with virtual teams and stakeholders inside IBM CISO.

Skills

Threat modeling

Threat hunting

Hypothesis generation

Host investigations

Network investigations

Indicator analysis

Log analysis

Attack simulations

Incident coordination

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

EDR tools

SIEMs

Job description

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To detect. To protect. To contain. To collaborate. To prevent. To outthink threats. Not just to do something better, but to attempt what some would consider impossible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, let’s talk.

Your role and responsibilities

IBM CISO Threat Hunt team's mission is to secure IBM by proactively detecting, disrupting and eradicating threats and advanced threat actors. As part of your work, you will dismantle threat intelligence, use data analysis and cutting-edge security technologies to perform threat actor based investigations, create new detection methodologies, and providing expert support to incident response and monitoring functions where need be. You will work closely with other teams within IBM CISO such as threat intelligence, CSIRT, SOC, Vulnerability Management and platform engineers. You will also collaborate with other IBM business units in support of the threat hunt mission.

Your Responsibilities

Developing hunts, translating them into an iterative process, and deploy them in various toolsets including but not limited to EDRs and SIEMs
Modeling attacks and threats to improve threat detection & mitigation
Conducting deep analysis of threats across the enterprise by taking into consideration threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
Developing attack detection & response playbooks, defining counter-measures and strategies to mitigate emerging threats
Documenting and communicating findings to an array of audiences which includes both technical and executive teams
Collaborating in a virtual team and interface with a multitude of stakeholders within or outside the IBM CISO.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Your Abilities & Skills

Modeling threats and mapping them to industry leading frameworks
Developing threat hunts based on various intelligence inputs
Actively developing hypotheses for hunting
Performing both host and network-based investigations using various toolsets
Pivot off indicators within networks to identify the scope and breadth of attacks
Reviewing logs to identify evidence of past intrusions
Performing attack simulation testing where necessary
Communicate and coordinate with other security focals during an active incident

Your Knowledge

Computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies
Cyber security threats, threat actors and their associated TTPs
Security controls, how they can be monitored, and thwarted
Laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and Privacy

Required Qualifications

We believe you are a good fit for this role if you are someone that can analyze alerts, proactively hunt for malicious activity, and develop new detection methods. From a technical expertise perspective, you will succeed in this position if you have several years of experience in:

Understanding granular details about network flow, operating systems internals, and threat actor intentions
Correlating anomalous behaviour, intelligence, and statistical outliers in the environment to hypothesis driven hunts
Applying basic automation or scripting to new or existing processes

Preferred technical and professional experience

Strong understanding of TTP's
Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools with a focus in incident investigation and/or threat hunting

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future.Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfoliodesigned for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Threat Hunter - IBM CISO

Date posted

16-Sep-2026

Job ID

132429

City / Township / Village

Austin

State / Province

Texas

Country

United States