Threat Intelligence Lead | Detection & Threat Hunting

Lever, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working arrangements

Quarterly perks program

Learning & development programs

Job summary

PDI Technologies is seeking a seasoned leader to own threat intelligence, threat hunting, and detection engineering for our SOC. You will build a clear picture of who targets the industries we protect, then translate it into detections, hunts, and guidance that safeguard 12,000+ customers.

You'll lead a remote team of analysts and detection engineers, shape the intel program from collection to customer delivery, and collaborate with SOC, Incident Response, and Security Engineering leaders to

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 the frameworks used to analyze them, such as MITRE ATT&CK, the intelligence lifecycle, and the Diamond Model.
• A track record of producing finished intelligence for both technical and executive audiences.
• Hands-on experience with SIEMs and EDR/XDR platforms and their query languages.
• Experience supporting complex investigations and incident response.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Clear writing and speaking skills, with the ability to translate technical findings into business risk.

Responsibilities

• Own detection content strategy across SIEM and EDR/XDR, including development, testing, tuning.
• Run hypothesis-driven threat hunts across customer environments and feed findings back into new detections.
• Lead intelligence requirements with SOC leadership and customers and run the full intelligence lifecycle from collection through feedback.
• Brief customer executives, partner with SOC, product, and company leaders, and represent the team in industry forums.
• Define intelligence requirements and deliver strategic, operational, and tactical products: actor profiles, campaign analysis, and industry threat briefs.
• Provide intelligence context during major incidents and lead complex escalations.
• Run the team with clear metrics: detection coverage, hunt findings, reporting timeliness, and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Threat hunting

Incident response

Detection engineering

Security operations

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

FortiSIEM

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

Google Chronicle

ArcSight

Job description

PDI Technologies is seeking a seasoned leader to own threat intelligence, threat hunting, and detection engineering for our SOC. You will build a clear picture of who targets the industries we protect, then translate it into detections, hunts, and guidance that safeguard 12,000+ customers.

You'll lead a remote team of analysts and detection engineers, shape the intel program from collection to customer delivery, and collaborate with SOC, Incident Response, and Security Engineering leaders to