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Senior Engineer - Threat Hunting

Chicago, IL💼 Full-time💰 $130,900–$130,900🗓 2026-06-04 → 2026-07-31

Core

Senior individual contributor leading detection engineering, threat hunting, and adversary emulation to build resilient security capabilities across SIEM, EDR, cloud, and SaaS environments.

Role type

Senior IC security engineer (threat hunting & detection)

Builds

Enterprise detection patterns, telemetry improvements, and adversary emulation scenarios

Domain

Cybersecurity / Threat Intelligence / Detection Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Threat hunting, detection engineering, adversary emulation, SIEM/EDR/cloud security, log analytics, scripting/automation, incident response leadership, technical strategy, mentoring

Preferred skills

System administration (Windows/Linux), Google SecOps, Microsoft Security Stack, ProofPoint, CISSP/CASP certifications

Technologies

SIEM, EDR, Google SecOps, Defender XDR, Crowdstrike

Responsibilities

Define enterprise detection engineering standards and technical direction; design and implement high-fidelity detections across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS; lead hypothesis-driven threat hunts; translate hunting outcomes into durable detections and architectural changes; execute adversary emulation scenarios; act as technical lead during high-severity incidents; influence security strategy and roadmaps; mentor senior engineers and analysts.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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