Senior Cyber Threat Hunter

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profile Job Location:

San Jose, CA - USA

profile Yearly Salary: $ 144800 - 261450
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Opportunity

As a Senior Cyber Threat Hunter you will conduct proactive threat hunts and campaigns. These efforts uncover advanced adversary activity that bypasses standard defenses. You will work with minimal supervision and apply deep knowledge of adversary behaviors and DFIR experience. You will analyze large-scale log telemetry and turn ambiguous signals into defensible conclusions. Your findings will improve detection coverage and reduce attacker dwell time across Adobes environment!

This role suits someone genuinely passionate about cybersecurity who thrives on analytical problem-solving. They have a deep understanding of log forensics in large enterprises and want to expand their impact across the threat hunting program and partner teams!

The Challenge

  • Complete TTP-based hunts informed by threat intelligence and business risk.
  • Apply analytical techniques including statistical and pattern-based approaches to investigate large datasets identify anomalies and surface meaningful signals across cloud endpoint identity and network telemetry.
  • Work with Detection Engineering to help convert hunt findings into durable detections and analytics.
  • Develop scripts and lightweight automation to accelerate hunting and investigation workflows using Python APIs and standard development practices.
  • Partner effectively with CSIRT Threat Intelligence Red Team and Security Engineering to contribute to cross-functional security outcomes.
  • Convert investigation findings and risk into clear actionable updates for technical peers non-technical collaborators and management.
  • Actively mentor junior analysts and promote continuous improvement within the hunt program.

What is Needed to Succeed

  • Solid background investigating threats across modern environments (cloud infrastructure endpoints identity network and CI/CD).
  • Understanding of how adversaries operate and the ability to emulate their behavior when needed.
  • Proven ability to work through ambiguous hunting hypotheses with minimal structure and managerial direction.
  • Strong hands-on experience with SIEM and data platform query languages such as SPL SQL KQL or equivalent.
  • Experience building automation and workflow tools using Python and APIs; familiarity with Git and basic development practices.
  • Able to clarify technical findings and risk to non-technical audiences in most situations; capable of showing the practical impact of hunt outcomes.
  • 6 years in cybersecurity with meaningful focus on detection threat hunting or incident response.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobes industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio Adobe Express Adobe Firefly Creative Cloud Adobe Experience Platform Adobe Experience Manager and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. Were on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.


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Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $$261450 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge skillsand experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California the pay range for this position is $180600 - $261450 In Washington the pay range for this position is $170900 - $247550

At Adobe for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC base commission) and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

The OpportunityAs a Senior Cyber Threat Hunter you will conduct proactive threat hunts and campaigns. These efforts uncover advanced adversary activity that bypasses standard defenses. You will work with minimal supervision and apply deep knowledge of adversary behaviors and DFIR experience. You wil...
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