Lead Threat Hunter

Lead Threat Hunter at U.S. Bank collaborating on security initiatives and enhancing enterprise threat detection.

Posted 6/7/2026full-timeCincinnati • California, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $126,820 - $149,200 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityGoogle Cloud PlatformPython

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborating with security engineering teams to create and test detection rules.
Investigating potential cybersecurity incidents.
Developing response processes and training security operations staff.
Reviewing and tracking detected events to identify new exploits, threats and mitigation strategies, and enforce incident reporting standards.
Leading in-depth technical analysis of new and emerging information security threats.
Analyzing threats and vulnerabilities to determine their impact to the bank's operations.
Assisting with investigations and eDiscovery efforts involving court-proven forensic processes and technologies.

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
8+ years of relevant experience
Expertise in AI and automation tooling.
Hunting with Jupyter notebooks, Python, automation and APIs.
Expertise hunting with security logging, monitoring, and event management tools.
Expertise in log analysis, packet analysis.
Knowledge of threat hunting frameworks.
Experience with incident response or threat hunting in major cloud environments such as AWS, Azure and GCP.
Demonstrable proficiency in threat intelligence platforms, security automation and orchestration and red/blue/purple team activities.
Excellent communication and reporting skills.
4 or more years’ experience with incident response/incident handling.
2 or more years’ experience as a threat hunter.
Thorough understanding of the applicable information security systems, policies, and procedures.
Effective communication, presentation skills, leadership, problem-solving and analytical skills.
Proven collaboration and influencing skills.

Comp & perks

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonJupyter notebooksAIautomationAPIslog analysispacket analysisincident responsethreat huntingsecurity automation

Soft Skills

communicationreportingleadershipproblem-solvinganalyticalcollaborationinfluencingpresentation