Threat Hunting Engineer Lead

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today! Job Details The Threat Hunting Engineer Lead is a technical leader in the Cencora Security Operations Center who applies their knowledge of adversarial tactics and techniques and their experience with security controls, infrastructure, and networking to proactively investigate potential cyber threats. They will use their findings to improve detection, response, and security controls. RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Conduct threat hunting to identify, classify, prioritize, and report on cyber threats following industry best practices. 2. Conduct research on emerging security threats; Provide correlation and trending of cyber incident activity. 3. Craft methodologies for monitoring , detection, and analytics for SIEM, EDR, SOAR, and other platforms. 4. Provide security gap analysis and effectiveness assessments of security platform technologies. 5. Formulates methodologies to monitor for as well as respond to security related events. 6. Identification of and correlation with other data sources to enhance security event detection, monitoring and response capabilities. 7. Collaborates across multiple teams on the response to information security incidents, investigation, countermeasures, and recovery. 8. Analysis of security incidents for further enhancement of alerting schema. 9. Provides security briefings to advise on critical issues that may affect the enterprise. EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience 2. 7+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with at least 4 years dedicated to incident response, forensics, threat hunting, threat detection, or related role. 3. Expertise with common threat detection and logging platforms for SIEM, EDR, SOAR, etc. 4. Strong understanding of network protocols, operating system internals (Windows, Linux, MacOS), cloud security, and defensive security technologies. 5. Familiarity with intelligence frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK. 6. Hands-on experience with at least one scripting or programming language for tooling and automation (e.g., Python, Go, Powershell). 7. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical findings to a non-technical audience. PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS: 1. GIAC GCFA - Certified Forensic Analyst 2. GIAC GCFR - Cloud Forensics Responder 3. GIAC GNFA - Network Forensic Analyst 4. GIAC GCIA - Certified Intrusion Analyst 5. GIAC GCDA - Certified Detection Analyst 6. GIAC GDAT - Defending Advanced Threats Bachelor's degree in cyber security, computer science, information technology, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.Master's degree in cyber security, computer science, information technology, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.6+ years of experience in cyber threat intelligence, cyber security, security operations, incident response, threat analysis, or a related field required.Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) or equivalent certification preferred.Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA) or equivalent certification preferred.Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) or equivalent certification preferred. What Cencora offers We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of bene its that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. 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