Senior Threat Hunter (Cybersecurity)

Location: Washington, DC or Chandler, AZ, United States

Salary: $135,000–$175,000 annually, depending on experience

Company

hirify.global delivers technology solutions and mission support for federal agencies across civilian, health, and national security environments, with capabilities in AI/ML, cloud, cybersecurity, and IT modernization.

What you will do

• Proactively hunt for advanced persistent threats, adversary tactics, techniques, procedures, and indicators of compromise across network flow, PCAP, logs, endpoint telemetry, and sensor data.
• Develop, document, and operationalize reusable threat-hunting tactics, techniques, procedures, dashboards, alerts, and reports.
• Write scripts and develop algorithms to automate data collection, manipulate large datasets, and identify anomalous patterns.
• Conduct malware analysis, identify encoding techniques, extract actionable indicators, and investigate endpoint activity using EDR solutions.
• Apply MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND to structure hypotheses, assess adversary behavior, and recommend defensive improvements.
• Lead hunt projects, maintain documentation, mentor team members, and brief 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 within security operations or threat intelligence.
• Experience leading teams or managing projects and tasks against tight deadlines.
• Active Secret clearance and Top Secret/SCI eligibility are required.
• Experience with SIEM query development, alert tuning, dashboards, network intrusion detection, TCP/IP, malware analysis, EDR, and scripting in Python, R, SQL, PIG, HIVE, or equivalent languages.
• One security specialty certification and one DoD 8570 CSSP-qualifying certification are required.

Nice to have

• GCTI, GREM, GCFE, or GCFA certification.
• Experience building or maturing a federal threat-hunting program.
• Experience with threat intelligence platforms, cloud-native hunting, red teaming, or adversary emulation.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with 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 match, paid holidays, PTO accrual, and paid parental leave.
• Professional development, career growth opportunities, team events, and employee recognition programs.