Threat-Hunting Security Engineer | AI-Driven Defense

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior security engineer to design and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity across endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments.

You will build automation to improve threat hunting and intrusion response, and use AI tools to ship scalable, production-ready services. Collaborate with multiple teams during incidents and develop threat intelligence across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher in a related field; advanced degrees welcome.
• Proven experience in digital forensics, malware analysis, incident management, host/network intrusion detection, or threat intelligence.
• Strong aptitude for leveraging AI tools to streamline development and auditing for security.
• Adaptability in learning evolving AI systems and tools.
• Proficiency in Python and/or Go; deep OS internals knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, pilot, and implement logging and alerting to detect malicious activity across endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments.
• Build tools and automation to improve threat hunting and intrusion response.
• Investigate events from the alerting pipeline and triage potential incidents.
• Work with multiple teams during incidents and drive response efforts.
• Identify, analyze, and build threat intelligence on adversaries’ tactics, techniques, and procedures.

Skills

Threat Hunting

Python

Go

AI Tools

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes

OS Internals

Threat Intelligence

Incident Response

Automation

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Master’s Degree

PhD

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

MacOS

Windows

Linux

Google Cloud

Workspace

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a senior security engineer to design and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity across endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments.

You will build automation to improve threat hunting and intrusion response, and use AI tools to ship scalable, production-ready services. Collaborate with multiple teams during incidents and develop threat intelligence across platforms.