Threat Intelligence Director & Detection Architect

PDI Technologies, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

PDI Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced leader to own threat intelligence, threat hunting, and detection engineering for our SOC.

You'll build the clearest picture anywhere of who targets these industries and how, then turn it into detections, hunts, and guidance that protects 12,000+ customers. With a team of analysts, hunters, and detection engineers, you'll own the intel lifecycle, deliver actor profiles and industry briefs, and communicate with executives and customers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cybersecurity across threat intelligence, threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, or security operations.
• 3+ years managing technical security teams, including hiring and developing people.
• Deep knowledge of adversary tactics and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the intelligence lifecycle.
• Track record of producing finished intelligence for technical and executive audiences.
• Hands-on with SIEM and EDR/XDR platforms and their query languages (KQL, SPL, or similar).
• Experience supporting complex investigations and incident response.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Clear writing and speaking skills, translating findings into business risk.

Responsibilities

• Hire, coach, and develop a remote team of analysts, hunters, and detection engineers with clear priorities and career paths.
• With a team of four, split time between leading and hands-on hunting, writing intelligence, and building detections.
• Partner with SOC, Incident Response, and Security Engineering leaders to improve detection, response, and customer outcomes.
• Define intelligence requirements with SOC leadership and customers and run the full intelligence lifecycle from collection through feedback.
• Deliver strategic, operational, and tactical products: actor profiles, campaign analysis, industry threat briefs, and customer-specific reports.
• Track actors that matter to customers, including financially motivated groups, payment fraud operators, and ransomware crews targeting retail/hospitality.
• Own detection content strategy across SIEM and EDR/XDR, develop, test, tune, and align with MITRE ATT&CK.
• Run threat hunts across customer environments and feed findings back into new detections.
• Use automation and AI to scale enrichment, triage support, and reporting so the team can focus on analysis.
• Provide intelligence context during major incidents and lead during complex escalations.
• Be the voice of the team to customers through briefings, reports, and executive presentations.
• Run the team with metrics like detection coverage, hunt findings, reporting timeliness, and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Threat hunting

Incident response

Detection engineering

Security operations

SIEM

EDR/XDR

MITRE ATT&CK

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

FortiSIEM

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

Google Chronicle

Job description

PDI Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced leader to own threat intelligence, threat hunting, and detection engineering for our SOC.

You'll build the clearest picture anywhere of who targets these industries and how, then turn it into detections, hunts, and guidance that protects 12,000+ customers. With a team of analysts, hunters, and detection engineers, you'll own the intel lifecycle, deliver actor profiles and industry briefs, and communicate with executives and customers.