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Senior Threat Hunter

Washington, DC, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-04 → 2026-09-25

Core

Conduct proactive threat hunting operations to identify malicious activity, indicators of compromise, and anomalous behavior across enterprise networks.

Role type

Senior Threat Hunter (Proactive Cyber Defense)

Builds

Threat hunting products, detection rules, and analytical reports to improve cyber defense operations.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Defense & Government Services

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Threat hunting methodologies, MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE D3FEND, TCP/IP traffic analysis, IDS data analysis, PCAP analysis, malware analysis, EDR tool usage, scripting/query languages (R, Python, PIG, HIVE, SQL), data manipulation

Preferred skills

Management or team lead experience

Technologies

EDR tools, IDS, PCAP sources, MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE D3FEND

Responsibilities

Analyze logs, sensors, and network traffic to detect threats; support detection and response coordination with SOC and incident response teams; develop threat hunting products and recommendations.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management experience

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