Senior Cyber Threat Hunt and Emulation Specialist
Core
Leading advanced threat detection, proactive hunting, adversary emulation, and complex incident response within a high-performance Security Operations Centre.
Role type
Senior IC cyber threat hunt and emulation specialist
Builds
Detection use cases, correlation rules, alerting logic, and operationalized threat intelligence
Domain
Cybersecurity, government/highly regulated environments
Required skills
Threat detection, incident response, digital forensics, adversary TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK), Windows/Linux systems, network protocols, enterprise security tooling, threat intelligence analysis, Python/PowerShell scripting, SOC operations
Preferred skills
Automation tooling, security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001), mentoring junior analysts
Technologies
SIEM, EDR, Python, PowerShell, MITRE ATT&CK
Responsibilities
Lead investigation and response for high-severity incidents, serve as escalation point for junior analysts, develop and optimize detection rules, conduct proactive threat hunting and adversary emulation, analyze and operationalize threat intelligence, drive SOC process improvement and mentorship
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities