Senior Cyber Hunt Analyst

Valiant Solutions

Cyber Hunt Senior Analyst providing senior technical leadership for cybersecurity threats at Valiant Solutions. Focused on threat hunting and national-level threat intelligence sharing with various partners.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic oversight and technical leadership for threat hunting, Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), and SOC analysts across Tier 1 through Tier 3 operations
Advise on threat modeling, adversary emulation, and Purple Team exercises
Lead development of threat detection frameworks and behavioral analytics
Direct hypothesis-driven and analytics-based hunt missions using EDR, NDR, and SIEM telemetry
Support inter-agency collaboration and national-level threat intelligence sharing
Correlate enriched IOCs and TTPs with internal telemetry
Build and maintain the Cyber Hunt knowledge base of IOCs and detection efficacy data
Produce monthly threat actor profiles, weekly threat briefings, and ad hoc alerts
Update Cyber Hunt standard operating procedures, playbooks, and runbooks
Mentor SOC analysts and junior hunters

Requirements

What you’ll need

Twelve or more years of experience in cybersecurity and threat intelligence
Deep working knowledge of behavioral analytics, threat actor profiling, and detection engineering
Hands-on experience with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and CISA threat hunting guidance
Practical experience with EDR, NDR, and SIEM platforms in large enterprise or federal environments
Familiarity with NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2, NIST SP 800-150, and FISMA requirements
Experience participating in federal threat intelligence sharing programs
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Required to obtain and maintain a Non-Sensitive / High Risk (Public Trust) security clearance, Tier 4/6c

Benefits

Comp & perks

Valiant pays 99% of the Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage for Full-time Employees
Valiant contributes 25% towards Health Coverage for Family and Dependents
100% Paid Short Term Disability and Life Insurance Policy for Full-time Employees
100% Paid Certifications
401K Matching up to 4%
Paid Time Off
Paid Federal Holidays
Wellness & Fitness Program
Valiant University – Online Education and Training Portal
FSA programs for: Medical Costs, Dependent Care, Transit, and Parking
Referral Bonuses

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Hard Skills & Tools

threat huntingCyber Threat Intelligencethreat modelingadversary emulationbehavioral analyticsthreat detection frameworkshypothesis-driven analysisdetection engineeringMITRE ATT&CK frameworkCISA threat hunting guidance

Soft Skills

strategic oversighttechnical leadershipmentoringcommunication

Certifications

Non-Sensitive / High Risk (Public Trust) security clearance