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# Cyber Threat Hunter Lead

- **Company:** American Electric Power
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $18,720 - $41,600
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Reverse Engineering, Mitre Att&ck, Malware, Cyber Threat Analysis, Information Technology, Cyber Warfare
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/DF58A8A2225E4009B846C4AFBF8F13D8/job/

## About the Role

Education requirements are listed below:

 * Bachelor's degree OR Associates degree with 2 years relevant experience in system administration/help desk/security (cyber or physical).
 * OR High School Diploma/GED with 4 years relevant experience in IT system administration/help desk/security (cyber or physical).

Work Experience requirement listed below:

 * 7 or more years of Information Technology related experience.
 * OR 5 or more years of security related experience, which may include military/government work experience in addition to any experience identified above.

## Description

* Lead proactive threat hunting operations across enterprise, cloud, identity, and operational technology environments to identify and disrupt advanced adversary activity.
 * Analyze cyber threat intelligence, adversary TTPs, and emerging threat trends to assess risk and prioritize hunting efforts impacting AEP.
 * Develop and execute hypothesis-driven threat hunts utilizing MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, and intelligence-driven methodologies.
 * Lead complex investigations involving advanced persistent threats, insider threats, ransomware, and targeted intrusion activity.
 * Serve as a senior technical advisor during cyber incident response activities by providing threat analysis, scoping, forensic expertise, and remediation recommendations.
 * Conduct advanced host, network, memory, and malware analysis to uncover adversary behavior and identify indicators of compromise.
 * Reverse engineer malware and attacker tools to develop intelligence, improve detections, and support threat response efforts.
 * Translate hunting findings into actionable detection content, use cases, and security improvements in collaboration with Detection Engineering and Security Operations teams.
 * Identify gaps in visibility, telemetry, and security controls, and recommend strategic improvements to strengthen cyber defense capabilities.
 * Partner with government agencies, intelligence-sharing organizations, industry peers, and internal stakeholders to enhance threat awareness and defensive readiness.
 * Develop threat hunting playbooks, methodologies, and operational standards to improve consistency and maturity across the threat hunting program.
 * Mentor and coach junior threat hunters and analysts, fostering technical growth and strengthening team investigative capabilities.
 * Communicate complex technical findings and cyber risks in a clear and actionable manner for both technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Leverage cybersecurity tooling and advanced analytics to uncover stealthy or previously unidentified threats.
 * Drive continuous improvement of hunting capabilities through automation, detection enhancement, adversary emulation, and lessons learned from incidents and hunt operations.
 * Establish and track threat hunting metrics to measure effectiveness, demonstrate value, and guide program improvements.
 * Maintain expert-level knowledge of emerging threat actors, attack techniques, vulnerabilities, and cybersecurity technologies to proactively strengthen organizational defenses.