Senior Threat Hunter (Cybersecurity)

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Company

hirify.global builds and delivers federal technology using a product-oriented approach focused on speed, ownership, and execution.

What you will do

• Proactively hunt for APTs, adversary TTPs, and indicators of compromise across network flow, PCAP, logs, endpoint telemetry, and sensor data.
• Develop, execute, document, and operationalize reusable threat-hunting tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Build and maintain SIEM queries, alerts, dashboards, and reports to improve detection coverage.
• Write scripts and develop algorithms for large-scale data collection, manipulation, analysis, and anomaly detection.
• Conduct malware analysis, investigate endpoint activity with EDR solutions, and extract actionable IOCs.
• Lead hunt projects, maintain technical documentation, and present findings to technical and executive audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or four additional years of qualifying experience.
• At least five years of experience in security data hunting, manipulation, and presentation.
• Experience leading teams or managing projects and tasks against tight deadlines.
• Active Secret clearance and eligibility for Top Secret/SCI are required.
• Experience with SIEM platforms, network flow, PCAP, logs, security telemetry, EDR, malware analysis, and intrusion detection.
• At least one required certification from both a security specialty group and a DoD 8570 CSSP category.

Nice to have

• Advanced threat-hunting, malware reverse-engineering, or digital-forensics certifications.
• Experience building a federal threat-hunting program from the ground up.
• Familiarity with threat intelligence platforms, cloud-native hunting, red team operations, or adversary emulation.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible schedules and teleworking options.
• Medical insurance, including HSA-eligible plans, plus employer-paid dental and vision options.
• Employer-sponsored short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• 5% 401(k) company matching, paid holidays, PTO accrual, and paid parental leave.
• Professional development, career growth opportunities, and team events.