Our client is seeking a Threat Hunter who is responsible for analyzing and correlating large data sets to uncover novel threats and attack techniques that may be present within the environment. This role is responsible to develop and document new and innovative threat hunt hypotheses to increase the team's ability to find existing threats that are otherwise going unidentified or unnoticed. This is a hybrid role located in Milwaukee, WI!
Duties:
Work with technical teams within Global Group Security to gain insight into critical security controls and architectural specifics to develop valuable hunt strategies and analytics that identify malicious behavior accurately while maintaining a low false positive rate
Advise on and review product assessments, policy adjustments, and architectural transformations that impact the corporation, and will be a thought leader in the design of cutting-edge detective, preventative, and proactive controls
Lead the analysis, implementation, execution, and improvement of proactive security controls to prevent external threat actors from infiltrating company information or systems
Conduct research and provide leadership updates regarding advanced attempts/efforts to compromise security protocols
Maintain or review security systems and assess security policies that control access to systems
Provide status updates and recommendations to the leadership team regarding the impact of theft, destruction, alteration, or denial of access to information
Follow standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data
Actively share knowledge and mentor members of the team
Desired Skills/Experience:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security or extensive professional experience considered in place of a Bachelor's degree
8+ years of experience in a technical role in the areas of Security Operation, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Offensive Security/Red Team, or Cyber Threat Intelligence
Direct experience performing threat hunting in an active corporate environment
Experience analyzing system, network, and application logging for attack techniques at all stages of the cyber kill chain
Direct experience working with very large datasets and log analysis tools
Experience consuming and analyzing Cyber Threat Intelligence for actionable takeaways
Experience explaining threat hunt objectives in plain English and able to communicate associated risk
Experience with more than one or more enterprise scale EDR and SIEM tools
Previous experience performing digital forensics or indecent response on major security incidents
Ability to demonstrate a broad perspective to reconcile conflicting requirements from various departments, fostering collaboration, and delivering effective solutions that drive results
Ability to navigate and work effectively across a complex, geographically dispersed organization
Demonstrated ability to self-direct, with minimal supervision to achieve assigned goals
Knowledge of basic Data Science concepts and processes
Experience with offensive security tools such as Cobalt Strike and Metasploit, techniques such as OSINT, and the methods used to compromise large enterprise networks
Ability to apply Cyber Threat Intelligence through enrichment, correlation, and attribution
Familiarity with offensive security strategies and assessment methodology