Threat Hunter -

Job Description
A large enterprise organization is hiring a Threat Hunter to support its cybersecurity team in Iselin, New Jersey. In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and investigating potential threats across a large, complex environment while working closely with incident response and security engineering teams.
You will work with Splunk or other SIEM platforms, security logs, endpoint detection tools, and AI-driven security findings. A major part of the role will involve investigating vulnerabilities and suspicious activity, identifying impacted systems, assessing severity and scope, and supporting containment and remediation efforts.
Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in threat hunting, SOC operations, cybersecurity operations, or incident response
• Hands-on experience with Splunk or another SIEM platform
• Experience investigating and correlating security logs
• Experience with EDR or endpoint security tools
• Strong understanding of vulnerability analysis and IOC investigation
• Experience identifying impacted systems and assessing security risk

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience reviewing findings from AI-driven security or scanning tools
• Experience with web application or certificate-related security issues
• Experience working with incident response or DevSecOps teams
• Experience in a large enterprise security environment

What You Will Be Doing
Daily Responsibilities

• Proactively hunt for threats across enterprise infrastructure
• Investigate SIEM alerts and correlate security events across multiple data sources
• Analyze endpoint and EDR activity
• Review and validate findings produced by AI-driven security and scanning tools
• Investigate vulnerabilities, web application findings, and certificate-related security issues
• Identify impacted systems and assess severity and scope
• Support containment, remediation, and escalation efforts
• Collaborate with incident response, security engineering, and DevSecOps teams
• Document investigation findings and recommendations

The Offer

• 12+ month contract
• Competitive hourly compensation

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.