Threat Hunter

M9 Solutions

Threat Hunter providing support for government contracts focusing on cyber security. Responsible for threat detection and data analysis in a collaborative remote environment.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $60,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in threat hunting, data manipulation, and complex malware analysis, with a strong ability to generate queries and reports while interpreting data from multiple sources. Holds an Active Secret Security Clearance and a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Threat HuntingData ManipulationComplex Malware AnalysisScripting in R, Python, PIG, HIVE, SQLActive Secret Security Clearance

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Hard Skills

Data HuntingGenerating QueriesDeveloping AlgorithmsConducting QueriesIdentifying Encoding Techniques

Certifications & Qualifications

CISSP (Associate)CCSPSSCP

Industry Keywords

Government ContractSecurity PostureCSSP AnalystInfrastructure SupportIR

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work remotely in support of a government contract for a client located in Washington, DC.
Provide threat hunting capabilities.
Collaborate with teams to enhance the security posture.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret security clearance.
Bachelor’s Degree (Bachelor’s Degree may be substituted with additional 4+ years of experience).
3+ years of experience with data hunting/manipulation/presentation.
Skill in generating queries and reports.
Ability to interpret and incorporate data from multiple tool sources.
Skill in conducting queries and developing algorithms to analyze data structures.
Experience with complex malware analysis.
Skill in identifying common encoding techniques (e.g., Exclusive Disjunction [XOR], American Standard Code for Information Interchange [ASCII], Unicode, Base64, Uuencode, Uniform Resource Locator [URL] encode).
Skill in writing scripts using R, Python, PIG, HIVE, SQL, etc.
Any 1 of: CISSP (associate), CCSP, SSCP, AND any from the CSSP Analyst, Infrastructure Support, or IR.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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