Senior Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence

TL;DR

Senior Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence: Researching, engineering, analyzing, and actively collecting cyber threat intelligence to protect hirify.global’s global cloud infrastructure, AI platform, and internal systems with an accent on adversary behavior, exploitation techniques, and attack campaigns. Focus on intelligence-driven detections, proactive threat hunts, and durable defensive improvements.

Location: Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA. While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets.

Salary: $165,000 to $242,000. The starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the market location.

Company

hirify.global is The Essential Cloud for AI™ delivering a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence.

What you will do

• Research, track, and actively investigate cyber threat actors, campaigns, tooling, infrastructure, and TTPs relevant to hirify.global’s threat landscape.
• Design and operate advanced intelligence collection mechanisms to observe adversary behavior in the wild.
• Translate threat intelligence into durable detection logic, analytics, and intelligence-driven threat hunting hypotheses across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud telemetry.
• Lead and execute proactive threat hunts informed by intelligence gaps, emerging adversary tradecraft, and novel attack patterns.
• Develop original intelligence products, including adversary profiles, campaign analyses, intrusion narratives, and forward-looking threat assessments.
• Partner closely with detection engineering, incident response, cloud security, and platform teams to close the loop between intelligence, hunting, and prevention.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of experience in cyber threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, security research, or adjacent disciplines.
• Deep understanding of adversary behavior and tradecraft, including exploitation techniques, lateral movement, persistence mechanisms, and infrastructure usage.
• Demonstrated experience moving from intelligence → hypothesis → hunt → detection → feedback.
• Hands-on experience developing detections or hunts using SIEM, EDR, cloud security, identity, or network telemetry.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex technical findings into clear, actionable intelligence.
• Applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, or (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency.

Nice to have

• Experience building or operating honeypots, canary systems, sinkholes, deception platforms, or custom telemetry pipelines.
• Background in threat hunting, red teaming, malware analysis, exploit development, or security research.
• Experience securing cloud-native, large-scale, or hyperscale infrastructure.
• Proficiency with scripting and data analysis (Python, SQL, APIs).
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, intrusion lifecycle modeling, and intelligence frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by hirify.global.
• 401(k) with a generous employer match.
• Flexible PTO.
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations.
• A casual work environment and a work culture focused on innovative disruption.