Sophos · 19 hours ago
Senior Threat Hunter
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$121K/yr - $201K/yr
5+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Plan and independently execute proactive threat hunts across all MDR customers
Thoroughly document threat hunt tickets to support metrics and reporting
Understand existing in place detections to ensure threat hunts are relevant to addressing a gap
Provide extensive details and feedback to detection teams to advance customer protection
Keep abreast of and incorporate the latest internal and external intelligence into the hunt planning process
Support ad-hoc and long-term projects as assigned my leadership to improve threat hunting processes and technical capabilities
Act as a resource for more junior analysts requiring any support during an active incident
Qualification
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Required
5+ years of professional experience as a Threat Hunter, Incident Response, or Detection Analyst
Experience analyzing operating system and application logs with the ability to separate normal baseline activity from suspicious activity requiring further analysis
Experience with developing complex search queries including use of SQL and RegEx
Knowledge of statistical techniques for uncovering anomalies in large data sets
Ability to apply creative and critical thinking when approaching issues
Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, for delivery briefings to varied audiences of technical, operational, and senior client staff
Experience providing oral and written briefings to executive leadership
Experience working closely with detection teams to create preventative or alerting rules
Preferred
Cybersecurity certifications
BA or BS degree
Benefits
Bonus eligibility
Comprehensive benefits package
Remote-first working model
Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks
Annual charity and fundraising initiatives
Global employee sustainability initiatives
Global fitness and trivia competitions
Global wellbeing days
Monthly wellbeing webinars and training
Company
Sophos
Sophos develops network security and threat management products to protect organizations against malicious acts.
1001-5000 employees
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2023 (17)
2022 (35)
2021 (34)
2020 (28)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$125.01M2021-08-24Post Ipo Equity· $65.23M
2019-10-14Acquired
2015-06-26IPO
Leadership Team
Joe Levy
Chief Executive Officer
Peter Lammer
Co-Founder
Recent News
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