Threat Hunter - Minneapolis, Mn

Threat Hunter

A large enterprise organization is hiring a Threat Hunter to join its cybersecurity team in Minneapolis. In this role, you will proactively identify, investigate, and respond to potential threats across a large and complex environment.

You will work heavily with Splunk/SIEM, security logs, endpoint detection tools, and IOC analysis to investigate suspicious activity and correlate findings across multiple systems. The team is also leveraging AI-driven security scanning tools, so you will help review and validate findings generated by those tools, determine whether impacted systems are vulnerable or compromised, and support escalation and remediation efforts.

• Strong experience in threat hunting, SOC operations, or incident response
• Hands-on experience with Splunk or another SIEM platform
• Experience analyzing and correlating security logs
• Experience with EDR or endpoint security tools
• Strong understanding of indicators of compromise and common attack techniques
• Experience investigating security alerts and determining severity and scope

• Experience with AI-driven security or vulnerability scanning tools
• Experience investigating web-related vulnerabilities or certificate-related security issues
• Experience working in a large enterprise security environment
• Experience partnering with incident response, security engineering, or Dev Sec Ops  teams

• Perform proactive threat hunting across enterprise systems and networks
• Use Splunk/SIEM tools to analyze and correlate security events
• Investigate endpoint activity and EDR alerts
• Analyze indicators of compromise and determine potential scope and impact
• Investigate vulnerabilities, suspicious activity, and security findings
• Review and validate findings generated by AI or security scanning tools
• Escalate confirmed threats and support containment and remediation efforts
• Document investigation findings and communicate results to appropriate security teams

• 12+ month contract
• Competitive hourly compensation

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.