Principal Cybersecurity / Threat Hunter Analyst

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Cybersecurity Analyst to lead advanced threat hunting, digital forensics, and cyber investigations within a dynamic security operations environment. This role is ideal for a technical cybersecurity leader passionate about proactively identifying adversaries, strengthening threat detection, and driving rapid, intelligent incident response. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with security engineers and analysts to enhance cyber defense strategies, elevate security maturity, and protect enterprise systems from evolving threats.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead proactive threat hunting initiatives, including simulated red team/blue team exercises

• Conduct advanced digital forensics and cyber investigations to identify and neutralize threats

• Perform in-depth analysis of high-impact security events and assess organizational risk

• Enhance and automate incident response through SOAR capabilities

• Develop and manage threat intelligence programs, aggregating and analyzing global threat data

• Collaborate across technical and business teams to improve cybersecurity posture

• Promote security best practices and awareness throughout the organization

• Serve as a trusted cybersecurity advisor and technical thought leader

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience across incident response, forensics, vulnerability management, and cloud security

• Strong expertise in threat intelligence platforms, network traffic analysis, and attack simulation techniques

• In-depth knowledge of identity and access management, privileged access management, and cybersecurity frameworks (NIST, ISO, GDPR, SOC2)

• Proven ability to lead incident response efforts and drive remediation initiatives

• Relevant cybersecurity certifications (CISSP, CISM, OSCP, or similar) preferred