Cybersecurity Threat Hunter

🕒 August 7

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🕵️ Threat Intelligence Specialist

👻 Ghost score 10%

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Binary Defense

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

💰 Private Equity Round on 2022-11

Consulting • Defense • Healthcare

Binary Defense is a cybersecurity firm that provides a range of security services designed to protect businesses from digital threats. The company operates as an extension of client teams, offering managed detection and response, co-managed SIEM, threat hunting, and digital risk protection services around the clock. With a focus on increasing security visibility and reducing complexity, Binary Defense uses a combination of human expertise and technology to offer comprehensive threat detection and response. Their services also include phishing response and incident response, all delivered through a 24/7 security operations center. By integrating advanced threat intelligence and tactical remediation strategies, Binary Defense aims to stay ahead of emerging cyber threats, ensuring the safety of client digital assets.

📋 Description

• Track emerging threat actor techniques from breaking research, threat intelligence reporting, and firsthand observation, and assess relevance to client environments • Develop original research from observed malware and threat actor TTPs, including extraction of IOCs and detection opportunities • Build and tune client-facing threat hunts as queries across customer EDR and SIEM platforms • Serve as a technical point of contact for clients, communicating hunt findings, methodology, and recommendations • Perform static and dynamic malware analysis to understand malicious behavior, execution flow, and evasion techniques • Analyze telemetry, logs, and alerts across Windows, Linux, and macOS • Collaborate with Threat Hunters and SOC analysts on investigations and technical findings • Keep current on threat actor techniques and cybersecurity developments • Support and mentor less experienced team members • Produce weekly client deliverables and pursue opportunities to publish research through blog posts or security conferences

🎯 Requirements

• Hands-on experience hunting threat actor activity using EDR and/or SIEM platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, and CrowdStrike • Ability to build and tune hunting and detection queries using platform-native languages such as KQL and SPL • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical findings to clients and teammates • Working knowledge of threat actor techniques, defense evasion, and the current threat landscape • Experience turning threat intelligence into deployable hunt and detection logic • Familiarity with malware analysis techniques and ability to interpret and apply results • Network traffic analysis experience • Experience with Windows environments and working familiarity with Linux and macOS • Strong research and technical analysis skills • Problem-solving, interpersonal, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills • Associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Incident Response, Forensics, or a related field, or 2 or more years of hands-on experience • Preferred: bachelor's or master's degree, or 4 or more years of hands-on experience • Preferred: 2 or more years of experience in threat hunting, detection engineering, incident response, or a SOC role • Preferred: script analysis/de-obfuscation, scripting or programming, original research publication, malware reverse engineering, digital forensics and incident response, and mentoring experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents • 401k match which vests every payroll • Flexible and remote friendly work environment • Training opportunities to expand your skill set • Great perks