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Threat Hunter Researcher

Austin, United States of America🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $110,800–$110,800🗓 2026-08-18 → 2026-09-27

Core

Proactively hunt for advanced persistent threats (APTs) and cybercrime across global data sources to help multinational organizations stay ahead of adversaries.

Role type

Senior Threat Hunter Researcher (IC)

Builds

Threat intelligence reports, forensic analysis, and novel hunting methodologies for Palo Alto Networks' security solutions.

Domain

Cybersecurity (Threat Intelligence, APTs, Cybercrime)

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Threat landscape analysis, forensic analysis, incident response, APT operations knowledge, reverse engineering, Python, SQL, big data analysis

Preferred skills

Incident Response environment experience, technical blog writing, simplifying complex ideas

Technologies

IDA Pro, Ollydbg, Wireshark

Responsibilities

Perform threat hunting on any data source, build and execute hunting hypotheses, conduct forensic activities, analyze malicious campaign infrastructure, collaborate with R&D groups, share findings to influence the industry

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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