Senior Threat Hunter - Hybrid & Advanced Detection

Placements24; Benoni; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health/dental/vision insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cybersecurity Threat Hunter to join our advanced security operations team in Benoni, Gauteng. You will proactively search for threats that bypassed controls, leveraging MITRE ATT&CK, TTPs and data analytics to uncover stealthy activity across networks and endpoints.

You will design hunting campaigns, analyze SIEM/EDR logs, collaborate with SOC and incident response, mentor junior analysts, and develop playbooks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity with threat hunting, incident response or advanced security analytics.
• Proven experience in hypothesis-driven threat hunts and understanding of attacker TTPs.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute proactive threat hunting campaigns based on threat intelligence and anomaly detection.
• Analyze SIEM/EDR and network logs to identify indicators of compromise and sophisticated threats.
• Develop and refine detection techniques and queries to uncover APTs and stealthy attacks.
• Collaborate with SOC, IR, and threat intelligence teams to share findings and improve defenses.
• Develop and maintain documentation for threat hunting methodologies and playbooks.
• Automate repetitive hunting tasks using Python or similar scripting languages.
• Stay current with threat actor TTPs, attack vectors, and security technologies.
• Mentor junior threat hunters and analysts.

Skills

Threat hunting

Incident response

SQL

KQL

Python

MITRE ATT&CK

Data analysis

SOC collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Cybersecurity / IT

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Log management

Network analysis tools

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cybersecurity Threat Hunter to join our advanced security operations team in Benoni, Gauteng. You will proactively search for threats that bypassed controls, leveraging MITRE ATT&CK, TTPs and data analytics to uncover stealthy activity across networks and endpoints.

You will design hunting campaigns, analyze SIEM/EDR logs, collaborate with SOC and incident response, mentor junior analysts, and develop playbooks.