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Cybersecurity Threat Hunter II
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A Security or Defense Intelligence Analyst gathers and analyzes information needed to anticipate and prevent organized criminal activities that may threaten national security.
$91,091 / year median in Colorado
-16% projected decline
Job Description
Cybersecurity Threat Hunter II Invictus International United States, Colorado, Colorado Springs 8610 Explorer Drive (Show on map) Sep 08, 2026
Title:
Cybersecurity Threat Hunter II Location:
Colorado Springs, CO Clearance:
TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
Job Details:
Independently conduct hypothesis-driven threat hunts across available enterprise telemetry to identify malicious or anomalous activity not detected by automated controls
Proactively analyze security telemetry to identify indicators of compromise, anomalous behavior, and adversary activity that has not met an incident threshold or has evaded automated security controls
Assess and correlate data from multiple sources, including network, endpoint, identity, SIEM, threat intelligence, vulnerability, and other available security data
Document hunt activity, findings, evidence, and recommended follow-on actions in authorized systems and initiate or support incident-response processes when malicious activity is identified
Provide relevant findings and trends for SOC operational reporting, significant-activity reporting, and defensive awareness
Develop hunt hypotheses based on threat intelligence, adversary TTPs, environmental observations, emerging threats, and known detection gaps
Use MITRE ATT&CK and other threat-informed methodologies to characterize observed behavior and guide analytical pivots
Identify patterns, relationships, and potential adversary activity across users, hosts, network segments, and time periods
Recommend new or improved detections, data collection, enrichment, and defensive controls based on hunt outcomes
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in a technical discipline applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of may be substituted in lieu of a degree Minimum four (4) years of relevant experience in addition to education level
Hands-on experience with threat hunting, security analysis, incident investigation, threat intelligence analysis, or comparable proactive cyber defense work
Working knowledge of adversary TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, network and endpoint telemetry, and analytical search techniques
Experience using SIEM, network-security monitoring, endpoint telemetry, or other large-scale security data sources
Must possess current DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II certification
Experience working in a DoD or IC environment
Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled