Threat Hunter

Bank of America Bank of America · Banking · Chicago, IL +2

This role focuses on analyzing large datasets to identify novel threats and attack techniques within a financial institution's environment. It involves collaborating with data science and threat research teams to develop analytical methods for detecting advanced threat actors and creating new threat hunt hypotheses. The role requires experience in security operations, incident response, or threat intelligence, and proficiency with large data analysis tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. The position of Threat Hunter is responsible for analyzing and correlating large data sets to uncover novel threats and attack techniques that may be present within the bank’s environments.
  2. A Threat Hunter also will be tasked with and 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.
  3. In support of these processes, the role will also include 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.

Skills

Required

  • Critical Thinking
  • Customer and Client Focus
  • Information Systems Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Threat Analysis
  • Cyber Security
  • Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Risk Analytics
  • Technology System Assessment
  • Business Acumen
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Privacy and Protection
  • Data and Trend Analysis
  • Stakeholder Management

Nice to have

  • Experience with more than one or more enterprise scale EDR and SIEM tool.
  • Demonstrated ability to self-direct, with minimal supervision to achieve assigned goals.
  • Experience with offensive security tools such as Cobalt Strike/Metasploit, techniques such as OSINT, and the methods used to compromise large enterprise networks.
  • Previous experience performing digital forensics or incident response on major security incidents.

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ 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.
  • 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.