Cyber Threat Hunter

Deloitte is seeking a Threat Hunter, Cyber Defense & Resilience to support proactive cyber threat detection, analysis, and response in complex client environments.

This role focuses on identifying adversary behavior, investigating suspicious activity, and improving defensive operations through data-driven hunting and detection strategies.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience across security operations, threat hunting, and incident analysis, along with the ability to translate findings into actionable security improvements.

This is an opportunity to work on high-impact cyber missions in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Work you'll do

As a Threat Hunter, for the Cyber Defense & Resilience offering, you will be responsible for...


* Conducting proactive threat hunts across endpoint, network, cloud, and log data to identify malicious activity, anomalous behavior, and indicators of compromise


* Analyzing security telemetry, alerts, and artifacts to investigate threats and support detection, containment, and remediation activities


* Developing hunt hypotheses based on threat intelligence, adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, and documented attack patterns


* Partnering security operations, incident response, and engineering teams to improve detections, close visibility gaps, and strengthen defensive capabilities


* Documenting hunt methodologies, findings, and recommendations, and communicating results to technical stakeholders and team leadership

A successful candidate would possess these skills:


* Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team


* Effective written and verbal communication skills


* Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product


* Ability to build and sustain professional relationships


* Ability to lead projects or workstreams


* Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment


* Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor


* Ability to meet deadlines


* Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Deloitte's Cyber Defense & Resilience team helps clients identify, investigate, and respond to evolving cyber threats across mission-critical environments.

The team brings together threat hunters, incident responders, analysts, and cyber specialists to strengthen detection capabilities and improve operational resilience.

Professionals in this area work on complex security challenges involving threat detection, adversary analysis, incident support, and continuous improvement of defensive operations.

Qualifications

Required:


* Bachelor's degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a degree in related technical field


* 3+ years of experience in threat hunting, security operations, detection engineering, or incident response


* 3+ years of experience with security information and event management platforms, en...