Threat Hunter Investigator - 176654

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

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Threat Hunter Investigator to join a leading technology organization based in Raleigh, NC. This role focuses on proactively identifying, investigating, and mitigating insider threats and compromised accounts, supporting protection of critical IP and data.

The position offers a fully remote arrangement with EST hours, requiring strong experience in threat hunting, Splunk Enterprise Security, and building detections to MITRE ATT&CK frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8+ years of cyber investigations and insider threat experience.
• Hands-on Splunk Enterprise Security with detection engineering.
• Proficient in SPL and custom detections.
• Experience with RBA and UEBA.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting and insider threat investigations using logs and analytics.
• Investigate IP theft, data loss, and insider risk events; document findings and recommendations.
• Develop and tune threat detections in Splunk SPL.
• Build and maintain Risk-Based Alerting (RBA) and automated responses.
• Configure UEBA models across endpoints, cloud, network, and apps.
• Create runbooks and detection content aligned to MITRE ATT&CK.

Skills

SPL queries

Threat hunting

UEBA

Detection engineering

Insider threat

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IS

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

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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