Bank of America · 4 months ago
Senior Threat Hunter
Charlotte
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$145K/yr - $193K/yr
8+ years expBank of America is committed to helping make financial lives better through the power of every connection. The Senior Threat Hunter is responsible for analyzing large data sets to uncover novel threats and collaborating with various teams to develop analytical methods for detecting advanced threat actors, while also mentoring junior team members.
Asset ManagementBankingFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Analyzing and correlating large data sets to uncover novel threats and attack techniques that may be present within the bank’s environments
Collaborating with data science, threat research, and cyber defense control teams to identify opportunities to develop analytical methods to detect advanced threat actors who utilize emerging tactics and techniques
Developing and documenting new and innovative threat hunt hypotheses to increase the team’s ability to find existing threats that are otherwise going unidentified or unnoticed
Actively sharing knowledge and mentoring more junior members of the threat hunt team
Working with all Cyber Defense operational and technical teams within Global Information Security (GIS) to gain insight into critical security controls and architectural specifics to develop valuable hunt strategies and analytics that identify malicious behavior accurately while maintaining a low false positive rate
Advising on and reviewing product assessments, policy adjustments, and architectural transformations that impact the global Corporation
Being a thought leader in the design of cutting-edge detective, preventative, and proactive controls
Qualification
Required
Direct experience performing threat hunting in an active corporate environment
8+ years of experience in a technical role in the areas of Security Operation, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Offensive Security/Red Team, or Cyber Threat Intelligence
Experience analyzing system, network, and application logging for attack techniques at all stages of the cyber kill chain
Direct experience working with very large datasets and log analysis tools including but not limited to: Splunk, Python, Pandas, SQL, Hadoop, Hue
Experience consuming and analyzing Cyber Threat Intelligence for actionable takeaways
Ability to apply Cyber Threat Intelligence through enrichment, correlation, and attribution
Familiarity with offensive security strategies and assessment methodology
Experience explaining threat hunt objectives in plain English and able to communicate associated risk
Ability to see the larger picture when dealing with competing requirements and needs from across the organization in order to build consensus and drive results
Ability to navigate and work effectively across a complex, geographically dispersed organization
Experience with more than one or more enterprise scale EDR and SIEM tools
Previous experience performing digital forensics or incident response on major security incidents
Demonstrated ability to self-direct, with minimal supervision to achieve assigned goals
Preferred
Knowledge of basic Data Science concepts and processes
Experience with offensive security tools such as Cobalt Strike/Metasploit, techniques such as OSINT, and the methods used to compromise large enterprise networks
Experience performing security analysis and threat hunting in Cloud environments such as Azure, M365, AWS
Benefits
Discretionary incentive eligible
This role is currently benefits eligible.
We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
Company
Bank of America
Bank of America is a financial institution that offers credit cards, home loans, and auto loan services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.59BKey Investors
Berkshire Hathaway
2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt· $386.79M
2024-11-26Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2020-07-28Post Ipo Equity· $400M
Leadership Team
Charissa Messer
Senior Vice President, Creative Agency Executive (Enterprise Creative Solutions)
Rami Salem
SVP Strategic Competitive Intelligence
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