[Hiring] Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst @Huntress

Role Description

The Huntress Adversary Tactics team has the unique honor to wake up every morning knowing we’re going to make hackers regret targeting our partners and customers. We’re looking for someone who wants to pour their creativity into researching, hunting, and uncovering threats in our customer networks.

• Conducts research on emerging adversary tradecraft to help make decisions on operationalizing our data.
• Responsible for aggregating threat data to build out reports for customers to show Huntress’ value, and inform them of various threats that have been seen and reported.
• Responsible for creating reports for marketing to show Huntress’ value to the larger community.
• Promote Huntress’ reputation through media interaction, public speaking, and blogs.
• Works with the Sr. Director of Adversary Tactics, the Security Operations Center, Product, and others to develop the Product and threat operations roadmap.
• Provides technical leadership for some members of the Security team.
• Supports the professional development of researchers in the organization through coaching and mentorship.
• Responsible for enhancing Huntress visibility by ingesting and utilizing IOCs from external threat intel sources.
• Responsible for blog posts and other marketing materials regarding threat trends.
• Responsible for building a threat intelligence program that makes use of our internal threat data.

Qualifications

• Experience with SIEM tools for scaled log analysis.
• Familiarity with detection engineering, detection logic, i.e., Sigma Rules.
• Experience researching and scoping threat hunt missions.
• Foundational development experience across multiple platforms (e.g., Windows and/or macOS), C/C++, GoLang, and Python (nice to have).
• Proficient knowledge of Windows and/or macOS subsystems and how they interact both at the user and kernel level (nice to have).
• Understanding of cybersecurity, threat actors, and end-to-end threat life cycle, including one or more of the following: digital forensics, malware research, incident response, vulnerabilities, and exploits.
• Experience with 3rd-party intelligence tools, feeds, and reputation services.
• Experience conducting OSINT gathering and analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with utilizing AI in workflows.

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015.
• Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans.
• 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution.
• Life and Disability insurance plans.
• Stock options for all full-time employees.
• One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office.
• Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance.
• $75 USD/month digital reimbursement.
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth.

Company Description

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress is a remote-first team working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. We work closely with security teams and service providers protecting complex environments, often without the time or headcount to handle it all. As a result, our platform is never disconnected from the experts who manage it, ensuring our customers' protection.

Huntress now secures more than 5M endpoints and 11M identities worldwide. Those numbers keep growing because more businesses rely on us to help carry the load and operate with more confidence.