Threat Hunter

Location: Milpitas, CA
Work Model: Onsite 4 days/week; fairly flexible when needed
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire

Top Skills

1. Linux & Windows
2. CrowdStrike
3. Microsoft Sentinel
4. Devo – Nice to Have

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Threat Hunter to proactively identify advanced persistent threats and sophisticated adversary activity across the environment.

The ideal candidate will help establish and mature a threat-hunting program, including repeatable processes, playbooks, and hunting methodologies.

A key focus will be maintaining a strong feedback loop into detection engineering by translating hunting findings into durable detections that reduce future risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive threat hunting across Linux and Windows environments
• Identify advanced persistent threats and sophisticated adversary activity
• Develop repeatable hunting methodologies and playbooks
• Work extensively with CrowdStrike
• Develop and execute Microsoft Sentinel hunting queries
• Utilize Devo where applicable
• Investigate suspicious activity and adversary behavior
• Translate threat-hunting findings into detection engineering use cases
• Improve detection coverage and reduce future security risk