Threat Hunter -

$50 - $65

Job Description

A large enterprise organization is hiring a Threat Hunter to support its cybersecurity team in Iselin, New Jersey. In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and investigating potential threats across a large, complex environment while working closely with incident response and security engineering teams.

You will work with Splunk or other SIEM platforms, security logs, endpoint detection tools, and AI-driven security findings. A major part of the role will involve investigating vulnerabilities and suspicious activity, identifying impacted systems, assessing severity and scope, and supporting containment and remediation efforts.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in threat hunting, SOC operations, cybersecurity operations, or incident response

• Hands-on experience with Splunk or another SIEM platform

• Experience investigating and correlating security logs

• Experience with EDR or endpoint security tools

• Strong understanding of vulnerability analysis and IOC investigation

• Experience identifying impacted systems and assessing security risk

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience reviewing findings from AI-driven security or scanning tools

• Experience with web application or certificate-related security issues

• Experience working with incident response or DevSecOps teams

• Experience in a large enterprise security environment

What You Will Be Doing

Daily Responsibilities

• Proactively hunt for threats across enterprise infrastructure

• Investigate SIEM alerts and correlate security events across multiple data sources

• Analyze endpoint and EDR activity

• Review and validate findings produced by AI-driven security and scanning tools

• Investigate vulnerabilities, web application findings, and certificate-related security issues

• Identify impacted systems and assess severity and scope

• Support containment, remediation, and escalation efforts

• Collaborate with incident response, security engineering, and DevSecOps teams

• Document investigation findings and recommendations

The Offer

• 12+ month contract

• Competitive hourly compensation

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance

• Dental Benefits

• Vision Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.