Job Description – Security Operations Engineer 2 (Threat Hunter)

Job Title

Security Operations Engineer 2

Role Summary:

The Threat Hunter is tasked with the proactive identification, investigation,
and mitigation of advanced cyber threats within PGC enterprise environments. The
candidate will utilize threat intelligence, hypothesis-driven hunting, behavior
analytics, and advanced detection techniques to uncover malicious activities not
addressed by traditional security controls.

Key Responsibilities:

* Conduct proactive threat hunting across endpoints, network, cloud, identity,
and email environments.
* Develop and implement threat hunting hypotheses based on emerging threats and
adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
* Analyze security telemetry using platforms such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, Cloud
Security, Data Security, EASM, email security gateways, Threat Intelligence,
Dark Web monitoring, identity management, SOAR, Case Management, and various
log sources.
* Investigating Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and Indicators of Attack
(IOAs).




* Align threat hunting and investigation findings with the MITRE ATT&CK;
framework.
* Create and refine threat detection rules, use cases, and behavioral analytics
based on threat hunting outcomes and investigations to enhance security
monitoring coverage.
* Conduct digital forensic and incident analysis to determine the scope and
impact of attacks.
* Produce technical reports and executive summaries detailing threat hunting
activities.
* Perform triage, investigation, and response to security incidents.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

* Comprehensive understanding of cyber-attack lifecycles and adversary
behavior.
* Expertise in the MITRE ATT&CK; framework.
* Experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms, such as CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen
SIEM and Palo Alto Network Cortex XSOAR.
* Hands-on experience with EDR/XDR solutions, including Microsoft Defender and
CrowdStrike Falcon.
* In-depth knowledge of Windows, Linux, Act

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