Senior Director, Threat Hunting

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DNSFilter

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Cybersecurity • SaaS • Telecommunications

DNSFilter is a cybersecurity company that offers DNS security and content filtering solutions to protect users from malicious online threats. The platform provides features such as malicious domain protection, intuitive reporting, and domain categorization. It leverages machine learning to identify threats before third-party services and supports various industries including enterprise, education, and healthcare. Trusted by over 2,100 managed service providers (MSPs) globally, DNSFilter ensures network safety through its fast DNS resolutions and comprehensive filtering capabilities.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

📡 Telecommunications

📋 Description

• Lead from the front by actively engaging in hands-on threat hunting across DNSFilter's vast DNS telemetry and cloud environments to detect, investigate, and disrupt adversary activity, serving as a senior individual contributor while building and mentoring a high-performing threat intelligence team. • Architect and establish initial intelligence workflows by designing and implementing the foundational processes and practices for the threat intelligence function, demonstrating the ability to build from the ground up before scaling the team and its capabilities. • Translate real-world investigations and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) into an actionable product strategy and roadmap for new features. • Collaborate with DNSFilter’s internal IT and Security teams to pilot and establish company-wide investigation workflows and best practices. • Partner closely with Product Management to define the vision and shape the evolution of DNSFilter’s threat intelligence and digital forensics capabilities. • Share your expertise by establishing the standards for clear reports and playbooks, while providing direct mentorship and career development as the team grows.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in threat intelligence and analysis, with a history of proactively seeking out novel threats and vulnerabilities, and publicly accessible published material available for review. • Proven ability to operate as a hands-on individual contributor with demonstrated experience in directly analyzing DNS data and webpage captures, mapping network infrastructure, identifying threats, and developing intelligence, with a clear track record of building and scaling threat intelligence functions from an initial stage. • Strong leadership in establishing new initiatives with experience in leading the charge from zero, including defining initial workflows and processes for a threat intelligence program, and then successfully scaling the function as it matures. • At least 3 years of experience managing or leading a technical team. • Strong scripting ability (Python) and experience with data analysis libraries such as pandas. • Experience with reverse engineering tools (IDA Pro, Ghidra, or similar). • Proven experience turning investigative insights into product improvements, shaping repeatable, scalable workflows, and contributing to the overall security posture through advanced threat intelligence and detection strategies. • Excellent communication skills — comfortable collaborating with and presenting to cross-functional technical and executive teams. • Experience in analytics on big data (Petabytes) using AWS Athena queries. • Ability to work hours mostly overlapping with ET hours. • Must be eligible to work in the region of hire without sponsorship from an employer now and in the future.

🏖️ Benefits

• Pathway to promotion to additional organizational positions and responsibilities based upon results and performance, not just time in the chair. • You help us grow, and we will help you grow. • Passionate and intelligent colleagues who work hard and have a good time doing it. • Paid company-wide week off at the end of each year. • Flexible Vacation Policy. • Awesome company swag. • Full medical, dental, and vision benefits for US, UK, and Canada-based employees. • Full short-term disability and life benefits; available long-term disability. • Retirement savings account options with vested company matching for qualifying employees. • In-person annual gatherings. Last time we all spent a week on a beach in Cancun!