Senior Security Researcher, Huntress
SIEM
$160-180k
Plus bonus and equity
Managed cyber security platform
Open for applications
Managed cyber security platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$160-180k
Plus bonus and equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To shatter the barriers to enterprise-level security.
Role
Who you are
- Understand various log types + how they correlate to attacker tradecraft
- Deployed and matured SIEM technology (vendor agnostic, preferred)
- Performed successful threat hunting in SIEM platforms with particular focus on top security vendor log sources
- Developed proofs of concept & set up attack simulation environments to generate logs and text attack paths
- Experience working in a SOC
- Built a metrics-driven tuning program
- Executed coverage gap analysis
- Skilled at translating current trends in cybersecurity for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Skilled at translating MITRE TTPs to Customer value propositions
- Skilled at researching emerging tradecraft
- Experience triaging business email compromise, performing initial access root cause analysis, incident + threat analysis, with the ability to build a SIEM log detection strategy
What the job involves
- Reports to: Director of Product Research
- Define the value of a log. Not all log sources have equal security value, and not all logs from a single source hold the same value. You will support the processing strategy for our SIEM product to extract maximum security value from the narrowest set of logs
- Support the security Capabilities we bring to market, implement the layered defense strategy gained by combining multiple log sources
- Lead various vendor log source detection strategies + implementation
- Hunt threat actors to discover attacker initial access, abuse, and persistence
- Test attack paths. Develop high-efficacy detections & security product requirements that shut out attackers
- Safely & ethically test exploitation of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and attack paths that result in developing reliable and weaponized Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploits for identified vulnerabilities
- Identify telemetry that confirms malicious activity with high confidence, even when little or no environment baselines exist
- Distinguish between suspicious and malicious login events to reach the highest accuracy true positive rate
- Conduct research and development efforts to further threat detection and security posture
- Document research findings through technical write-ups, advisories, internal reports, and blogs
- Ensure Huntress SIEM alerts are highly accurate and customer-accepted. We strive for 99% accuracy for critical alerts
- Collaborate with the Principal Researcher to deliver unified SIEM outcomes
- Build high-trust, high-value product leads and cross-department relationships critical to successful product delivery & launch
- Proven organizational skills with keen attention to detail and a sense of urgency to deliver exceptional outcomes under tight deadline pressures
- Eagerness to engage, report, and be accountable to executive stakeholders
- Passion to translate your expertise in nontechnical ways to deliver impactful security outcomes that protect the 99%
- Promote Huntress’ reputation through media interaction, public speaking, and blogs
- Educate the public on how to be security savvy in novel and fun ways
Our take
In a world of increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats, many organizations lack the resources and expertise to defend themselves effectively. Huntress has stepped in to address this gap, delivering robust cybersecurity solutions to protect a wide range of businesses and institutions across the US business landscape.
The company offers a managed security platform, which third party resellers leverage to protect their clients from attacks. Launched in 2015, Huntress has grown well over the years, attracting plenty of investment and expanding its headcount into the hundreds.
More recently, Huntress has turned its eye to acquisitions and new product launches, as well as major international expansion. A considerable influx of funding will support these initiatives, as well as allow the company to maintain sales momentum by expanding its go-to-market efforts.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2024
$150m
SERIES D
May 2023
$60m
SERIES C
Total funding: $289.8m
Company benefits
- 100% Remote: We’ve been a remote team from day one – and we’ve got the tools, systems and processes to be successful outside of a corporate office or HQ.
- PTO & Other Leave: We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave, along with vacation, sick time, bereavement leave, and floating holidays.
- Growth Opportunities: We’re committed to teammate development, both within and outside of Huntress – including education assistance programs like LifeLabs, hands-on training, coaching through BetterUp, and more.
- Stock Options: All full-time teammates receive stock options and benefit from the continued growth and success of the company.
- Digital Monthly Reimbursements: We offer a monthly digital reimbursement for your internet and phone – plus a new starter home office reimbursement.
- 401K Match: We offer a 5% contribution to your 401k – even if you’re not paying into it yourself.
- Health Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance, pet insurance, and other benefits you’d expect from a company that cares about its team members.
Company HQ
Columbia, MD
Leadership
Kyle Hanslovan
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Huntress in 2015, Kyle spent 9 years at the Air National Guard as a Cyber Warfare Operator.
Chris Bisnett
(Co-Founder & CTO)Chris is US Navy Veteran, serving for five years as a Vulnerability Analyst focused on the Department of Defense network. He then operated in a number of Senior Security Engineering roles after leaving the Navy.
John Ferrell
(Co-Founder)John spent 5 years as a Security Engineer and CNO Analyst over two spells at ManTech International, with 1 year as a Linux Systems Engineer at SPARTA in the interim. He was also a CNO Developer at StrategicIO before co-founding Huntress.
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