Threat Hunter Researcher (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote in New Jersey, United States of America

Salary: $110,800–$179,225 per year

Company

A high-tech cybersecurity company developing solutions to protect organizations from cyber threats and improve their security readiness.

What you will do

• Conduct threat hunting across endpoint, network, cloud, IoT, mobile, and third-party data sources.
• Investigate targeted, sophisticated, and hidden threats, including APT and cybercrime activity.
• Develop and execute hunting hypotheses and methodologies to uncover threats, determine root causes, and attribute campaigns.
• Perform forensic activities, analyze attack tactics and infrastructure, and assess the scope of compromises.
• Collaborate with customers and research and development groups to improve protection and readiness.
• Document findings through reports, technical analysis, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant cybersecurity research experience, specializing in APTs or cybercrime.
• Understanding of threat landscapes, attack tools, tactics, techniques, networking, and security fundamentals.
• Experience with endpoint and network investigations, forensic analysis, and incident response tools such as IDA Pro, OllyDbg, and Wireshark.
• Knowledge of APT operations, including attack vectors, propagation, data exfiltration, lateral movement, and persistence.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to explain complex ideas clearly.
• Ability to work independently, adapt to changing priorities, and analyze malicious campaign infrastructure.

Nice to have

• Incident response environment experience.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience with reverse engineering.
• Technical blog posts and analysis reports.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote role within a global team of security professionals.
• Work on current cybersecurity research projects and real-world attacks.
• Opportunities to work with big data and multiple threat intelligence sources.
• Employee benefits and potential bonus and restricted stock units.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.