Threat Hunter Investigator

Piper Companies; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k)

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Piper Companies seeks a Threat Hunter Investigator to join a leading technology organization. The role is fully remote (EST hours) with Raleigh, NC origin of the client and focus on insider threat investigations to protect intellectual property and sensitive data.

You will hunt threats, develop detections in Splunk ES, and implement UEBA/RBA across endpoints, cloud, and networks, aligning with MITRE ATT&CK. A strong background in cyber investigations and SPL is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience conducting cyber investigations, insider threat analysis, and digital forensics.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, including detection engineering and threat hunting.
• Advanced experience writing SPL queries and developing custom detections and correlation searches.
• Experience with RBA and UEBA, including risk scoring, anomaly detection, and behavioral analytics.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting and insider threat investigations leveraging logs, endpoint data, user activity, and behavioral analytics.
• Investigate potential intellectual property theft, data loss, and other insider risk events, documenting findings and recommendations.
• Develop and tune advanced threat detections within Splunk Enterprise Security using SPL.
• Build and maintain Risk-Based Alerting (RBA) use cases, correlation searches, and automated response workflows.
• Configure and optimize UEBA models and behavioral detections across endpoint, cloud, network, and application environments.
• Create technical documentation, runbooks, and detection content while continuously improving alert quality and coverage aligned to MITRE ATT&CK.

Skills

Threat hunting

Insider threat analysis

SPL queries

Splunk ES

UEBA

MITRE ATT&CK

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, CS, or related field

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

SPL language

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Threat Hunter Investigator to join a leading technology organization based in Raleigh, NC. This individual will be responsible for proactively identifying, investigating, and mitigating insider threats, whether malicious, negligent, or the result of a compromised account. The role will support investigations involving the protection of critical intellectual property and sensitive company data. This is a fully remote opportunity working EST hours.

Responsibilities of the Threat Hunter Investigator:

• Conduct proactive threat hunting and insider threat investigations leveraging logs, endpoint data, user activity, and behavioral analytics.
• Investigate potential intellectual property theft, data loss, and other insider risk events, documenting findings and recommendations.
• Develop and tune advanced threat detections within Splunk Enterprise Security using SPL.
• Build and maintain Risk-Based Alerting (RBA) use cases, correlation searches, and automated response workflows.
• Configure and optimize UEBA models and behavioral detections across endpoint, cloud, network, and application environments.
• Create technical documentation, runbooks, and detection content while continuously improving alert quality and coverage aligned to MITRE ATT&CK.

Qualifications of the Threat Hunter Investigator:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience conducting cyber investigations, insider threat analysis, and digital forensic investigations.
• Strong hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, including detection engineering and threat hunting.
• Advanced experience writing SPL queries and developing custom detections and correlation searches.
• Experience with RBA and UEBA, including risk scoring, anomaly detection, and behavioral analytics.
• Strong understanding of threat hunting methodologies and translating threat intelligence into actionable detections.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Base salary ranging from $140,000 - $165,000
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), PTO, paid holidays, and additional leave offerings where applicable

Keywords: Threat Hunting, Insider Threat, Incident Response, Splunk Enterprise Security, SPL, Detection Engineering, UEBA, RBA, Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity

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