# Director, Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting

**Company:** [Huntress](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/huntress)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $220k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Cybersecurity, Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting, Soc Operations, Team Management, Budget Management, Cross-Functional Leadership, Strategic Planning, Threat Landscape Analysis, ROI Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-06-08

> Strategic leader to own Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting function, managing managers and aligning defensive strategy with company goals. Requires 5+ years cybersecurity experience with manager-of-managers background.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

**Strategy & Vision:** Set the direction, strategy, and vision for the entire DE&TH function. Define the team's 12-18-month prioritization.

**Manage a team of Managers:** Manage at least two teams or sub-teams via other managers. Focus on developing their leadership capabilities, enabling them to execute effectively, and holding them accountable for the health and output of their team.

**Budgeting & Planning:** Propose and own plans for budgeting, execution, and hiring. Develop capacity models to ensure team's growth aligns with overall growth. Present resource needs to executive leadership.

**Cross-Functional Leadership:** Strategize with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and Security. Serve as a key stakeholder in the company's direction, advocating for telemetry and architectural changes required to support future detection use cases.

**Systemic Problem Solving:** Identify and surface patterns to leadership regarding root causes of problems. Anticipate future challenges and own the delivery of solutions before they become bottlenecks.

**Culture & Standards:** Exemplify and hold others accountable to the management standards of the company. Create a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing culture across the entire function.

## Requirements

- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with significant experience managing managers
- Led large, high-priority projects that impacted the company's direction
- Understand the "Macro" of the threat landscape and translate into "Micro" plans for teams
- Understand how a SOC fits into the business model; articulate ROI of detection engineering and threat hunting to non-technical stakeholders
- Manage a department budget
- Excel at empowering others; build structures and frameworks that allow teams to solve problems independently while focusing on accountability and scalability

## Compensation & Benefits

- Compensation Range: $220,000 to $240,000 base plus bonus and equity
- 100% remote work environment
- Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
- 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
- Life and Disability insurance plans
- Stock options for all full-time employees
- One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
- Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
- $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
- Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

## Similar roles

- [Director, Information Security & Technology](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/206a3607-4d09-42a8-8ff7-ff8d9b3096f3) - GameChanger - Remote - $220k – $240k/yr
- [Director, Ecosystem Product Security](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/1a713979-c2ef-4231-b621-264f3d938b57) - Stellar - San Francisco, CA - $225k – $335k/yr
- [Director, Threat Research](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/594b9a33-1ae5-4e7b-b9ff-128c42de0525) - Illumio - Sunnyvale, CA - $227k – $272k/yr
- [Head of Security & Compliance](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/0c31140a-05ba-40ab-a5aa-12713d69cde4) - Casca - San Francisco, CA - $200k – $255k/yr
- [Head of Security](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f857e28d-567e-4a7a-8dfd-56496a7b4fa9) - Tatari - New York, NY - $200k – $250k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/00931fb7-41de-4468-afde-aee4dc3654cd
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/00931fb7-41de-4468-afde-aee4dc3654cd