Threat Hunting Consultant

📋 Description

• Conduct hypothesis-driven threat hunts across endpoint, identity, network, and security analytics
• Utilize Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft 365 Defender/XDR, Splunk Enterprise Security
• Develop and refine high-fidelity detection rules, correlation searches, and threat-hunting queries
• Apply the MITRE ATT&CK framework and current attacker TTPs to guide threat-hunting activities
• Perform incident response, endpoint forensics, malware analysis, and technical investigations to
• Translate threat intelligence into actionable detection logic, hunting hypotheses, response

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience in threat hunting, detection engineering, incident response
• Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and strong knowledge of
• Expert-level experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, including advanced SPL for threat hunting
• Experience with Splunk UBA or comparable behavioral analytics platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in Kusto Query Language (KQL) and strong ability to develop sophisticated
• Proven experience conducting hypothesis-driven threat hunts and identifying sophisticated attacker

🎁 Benefits

• Annual salary range of $110,000–$130,000.
• Full-time opportunity focused on advanced cybersecurity, threat hunting, and detection engineering.
• Remote work environment with flexibility to collaborate from India.
• Opportunity to work with leading security technologies including Microsoft Defender, Splunk
• Exposure to complex security investigations, enterprise-scale threat detection, incident response
• Opportunities to contribute to security strategy, knowledge sharing, training, and technical