Threat Hunting Researcher

Vega Ventures

IsraelFull-timeNo compensation foundPosted 5mo agoChecked 1w ago

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Compensation

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Location

Israel

Schedule

Full-time

Work Authorization

US work authorization required

Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Vega Ventures is hiring a Threat Hunting Researcher. Vega Ventures is seeking a Threat Hunting Researcher to join their cybersecurity startup, which redefines security analytics and operations with an AI-native platform. This role involves identifying and analyzing emerging threats, shaping the features of the Threat Detection platform, and crafting detection logic and hunting strategies to enable security teams to respond to advanced threats.

Key focus areas include Work directly with customers to solve security pain points and operational use cases, Perform advanced threat hunting across customer datasets to identify meaningful security findings, and Build and evolve internal tools and AI-powered capabilities that support threat hunting.

Successful candidates bring 6+ Years Security Operations Experience, 6+ Years Threat Hunting Experience, and 6+ Years Incident Response Experience. Important skills include Threat Detection, Threat Hunting, Incident Management, Detection Engineering, Investigating Security Events, and Identifying Meaningful Findings.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Threat DetectionThreat HuntingIncident ManagementDetection EngineeringInvestigating Security EventsIdentifying Meaningful FindingsCommon Attack TechniquesAttacker BehaviorModern Threat LandscapesEndpoint SecurityIdentity SecurityNetwork SecurityCloud SecurityApplication SecuritySecurity ControlsSecurity ArchitecturesLarge-Scale Security DatasetsExploratory AnalysisAnomaly DetectionInvestigative ResearchEfficient Code WritingScripting for AnalysisAutomation ScriptingInternal ToolingTechnical DiscussionsExplaining FindingsExplaining TradeoffsExplaining Investigative ApproachesCollaboration With Product TeamsCollaboration With Engineering TeamsCollaboration With Research TeamsCommunicationTechnical DocumentationPublic-Facing ContentEnglish CommunicationCuriosityInitiative to Research Emerging ThreatsApplying Research in Practice

Qualifications

6+ Years Security Operations Experience6+ Years Threat Hunting Experience6+ Years Incident Response Experience6+ Years Detection Engineering ExperienceWorking With Real Production Data

Full job description

Threat Hunting Researcher

Threat Detection
Israel Description Vega is one of the fastest-growing startups in cybersecurity, redefining security analytics and operations with an AI-native platform for the SOC. We are building the next-generation operating system for security teams. Vega is already delivering real impact at some of the world’s largest organizations - improving detection, unlocking the value of their security data, and reducing cost and complexity. With HQs in New York and TLV, we're looking for people who want to be a part of the next rocket-ship in cyber.

We're looking for a Threat Hunting Expert to join our team and shape the future of threat detection. In this role, you'll be at the forefront of identifying and analyzing emerging threats, helping to shape the features of our Threat Detection platform. You'll be crafting detection logic and hunting strategies that enable security teams to identify and respond to advanced threats across their entire environment.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Work directly with customers to help them solve concrete security pain points and operational use cases using Vega, primarily during POVs and onboarding.
Perform advanced threat hunting across customer datasets to identify meaningful security findings, including compromise evidence, exploitation indications, suspicious activities, and visibility or posture gaps.
Build and evolve internal tools and AI-powered capabilities that support threat hunting, anomaly detection, and exploratory analysis.
Translate immediate customer security needs into ad-hoc security content, including detections, threat hunting notebooks, and investigative workflows.
Participate in customer-facing sessions alongside Sales Engineers and Technical Account Managers to present findings, explain security context, and walk through Vega’s capabilities and content.
Deliver technical demonstrations, workshops, trainings, and hands-on sessions that show customers how to use Vega for their security workflows.
Research emerging threats , including new CVEs and active campaigns, in collaboration with the CTI team, and translate them into immediate detections and threat hunting content.
Publish public-facing technical content on threat hunting and SecOps, including blog posts, webinars, open-source tools, and research findings. Requirements WHAT YOU WILL BRING
At least 6 years of hands-on experience in security operations, threat hunting, incident response, or detection engineering, working with real production data.
Strong hands-on experience investigating security events, performing advanced threat hunting, and identifying meaningful findings.
Deep familiarity with common attack techniques, attacker behavior, and modern threat landscapes across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and application environments.
Comprehensive knowledge of security controls and security architectures across cloud, network, identity, application, and endpoint environments.
Experience working with large-scale security datasets and performing exploratory analysis, anomaly detection, and investigative research.
Ability to write efficient, readable code and scripts for analysis, automation, and internal tooling used by the team.
Comfort working directly with customers in technical discussions, explaining findings, tradeoffs, and investigative approaches clearly and practically.
Experience collaborating with product, engineering, or research teams to influence tooling, workflows, and platform capabilities.
Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear technical documentation and public-facing content when needed.
Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
Curiosity and initiative to research emerging threats, new techniques, and evolving attacker behavior, and apply that research in practice.

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