Tanium

Threat Hunter

Tanium

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: AddisonCaliforniaNorth CarolinaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $95,000 - $280,000 per year

About the role

  • Strengthen customer incident response readiness, assist with remediation planning, and augment response capabilities during incidents to improve overall security maturity and readiness of customers
  • Perform hands‑on threat hunting with customers, executing the full hunting lifecycle to detect, investigate, and reduce emerging threats
  • Provide expert deployment and enablement of Tanium Security Operations solutions tailored to each customer’s unique use cases
  • Conduct threat intelligence analysis, build and refine detections, and tune intel with customers to enhance threat visibility and response
  • Work side‑by‑side with customers in a hands‑on‑keyboard capacity to guide, support, and maximize the effectiveness of the Tanium Platform
  • Collaborate closely with internal product teams, providing customer‑driven feedback and hands‑on insights to shape and enhance the Tanium Platform
  • Build API‑driven integrations with third‑party tools and create custom Tanium hunts using the API to baseline and enhance customer threat visibility and capability
  • Partner with internal teams to research emerging security challenges—such as AI, container and cloud security, and OT—to inform customer guidance and platform improvements

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, threat hunting, or related defensive security roles
  • Hands‑on experience performing threat hunting, detection analysis, and investigation work across enterprise environments
  • Strong knowledge of incident response processes, including scoping, containment, remediation planning, and post‑incident improvements
  • Experience with security platforms such as EDR, SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence platforms, or similar technologies
  • Direct customer‑facing experience, providing security guidance, technical support, or operational enablement
  • Proficiency with scripting or API usage (e.g., Python, PowerShell, REST APIs) for integrations and data‑driven investigations
  • Understanding threat intelligence concepts, detection engineering principles, and threat visibility best practices.
  • Ability to collaborate cross‑functionally with product, engineering, and security teams to translate customer needs into actionable improvements
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to varied audiences.
Benefits
  • equity awards
  • medical, dental and vision plan
  • family planning benefits
  • health savings account
  • flexible spending account
  • transportation savings account
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • life, accident and disability coverage
  • business travel accident insurance
  • employee assistance programs
  • disability insurance
  • wellness benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
cybersecurity operationsincident responsethreat huntingdetection analysisremediation planningscriptingAPI usagethreat intelligence analysisdetection engineeringcloud security
Soft Skills
customer-facing experiencestrong communication skillscollaborationtechnical supportoperational enablementguidancesupportcross-functional collaborationcustomer-driven feedbackexplanation of complex topics