Senior Cybersecurity Threat Hunter

Summary

Join SimSpace as a Senior Cybersecurity Threat Hunter and contribute to the development of advanced threat hunting tactics and strategies for global clients. This remote role (with up to 20% travel) involves mentoring security teams, developing training content, and leading Blue Team exercises using the SimSpace platform. You will utilize your expertise in threat hunting, log analysis, and security tool utilization to create realistic cyber defense scenarios. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in security operations, incident response, and threat intelligence, along with strong communication and problem-solving skills. SimSpace offers a competitive compensation package, including a base salary range of $120,000-$185,000, comprehensive benefits, flexible time off, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Experience generating unique cyber security research and developing successful proposals for conference training and engagements
• Direct experience performing threat hunting in active corporate environments
• 6+ years of experience in a technical role in the areas of Security Operations, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Offensive Security/Red Team, or Cyber Threat Intelligence
• Experience analyzing host, network, and application telemetry for indicators of attack across the stages of the cyber kill chain
• Direct experience working with very large datasets and log analysis tools including but not limited to: Splunk, Elastic, Python, Pandas, SQL, Hadoop, Hue
• Experience consuming and analyzing Cyber Threat Intelligence for actionable takeaways for current threat hunts
• Ability to apply Cyber Threat Intelligence through enrichment, correlation, and attribution
• Experience with setup and/or troubleshooting of security stacks
• Awareness with offensive security strategies and assessment methodology
• Experience explaining threat hunt objectives to mixed technical and non-technical audiences and ability to communicate associated risk by distilling complex content into digestible information
• Hands-on technical experience and ability to demonstrate hunting for indicators of compromise in numerous enterprise scale EDR and SIEM tools to include Splunk, Elastic, CrowdStrike, and many other major vendors
• Previous experience performing digital forensics or indecent response on major security incidents
• Demonstrated initiative-taking individual with a constant desire to help others improve and build the team

Responsibilities

• Bring world class mentorship and development of advanced threat hunting tactics and strategy for our global clients and international organizations
• Utilize years of Blue Teaming experience to establish parsing rules, dashboards, and tuning of numerous enterprise security tools in our cyber range platform to exceed client goals and objectives
• Work with our range operations team to develop toolsets and scenarios within a cybersecurity range to model real-world threat defense scenarios
• Utilize foresight and awareness of overall business priorities when dealing with competing requirements and needs from across the organization in order to build consensus and drive results
• Takes initiative in day-to-day tasks, leads projects, and mentors other team members
• Navigate and work successfully across a complex, geographically dispersed organization
• Support assessment of customer security teams and customer events (travel estimated at up to 15% in the near future)

Benefits

• Compensation. Base salary range: $120,000 – $185,000, reflecting our confidence in your expertise and impact, with the opportunity for annual bonuses tied to company performance and individual contributions
• Health & Wellness. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus savings plans—coverage starts on day one!
• Mental Health Support. Access to company-paid counseling, coaching, and resources for you and your family through Spring Health
• Financial Well-Being. Plan for your future with a 401(k)-retirement savings plan featuring a company match
• Flexible Time Off. Take the time you need with unlimited vacation and dedicated health & wellness days. SimSpace provides flexible solutions to meet the diverse work-life needs of team members
• Parental Leave. Paid leave plans to support you and your loved ones during life’s most important moments
• Ownership Opportunities: Equity stock options at hire, with annual performance-based grants—become an invested stakeholder in our shared success
• Referral Rewards: Earn $1,500–$3,500 for every qualified hire through our employee referral program
• Peloton Interactive Wellness Program: Full- and partial- subsidized membership plans and equipment discounts to help you reach your personalized fitness goals
• Continuous Learning: Access a LinkedIn Learning membership to prioritize your personal and professional development
• Social Connections: Monthly reimbursements for meaningful connections with teammates through our SocialSpace Community
• Extra Perks: Legal plan coverage, pet insurance, wellness reimbursements, and more to simplify life’s details