# Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst

**Company:** [Huntress](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/huntress)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $225k/yr
**Skills:** SIEM, Sigma Rules, Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting, Osint, Python, Go, C/C++, Windows, macOS, Digital Forensics, Malware Research, Incident Response, Ioc, AI
**Posted:** 2026-05-01

> Leads threat intelligence research, aggregates data for customer and marketing reports, builds threat intelligence programs using internal/external sources, and collaborates with security/product teams on roadmaps. Requires SIEM expertise, threat hunting, OSINT, and development skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Conducts research on emerging adversary tradecraft to help make decisions on operationalizing our data
- Responsible for aggregating threat data to build out reports for customers to show Huntress' value, and inform them of various threats that have been seen and reported
- Responsible for creating reports for marketing to show Huntress' value to the larger community
- Promote Huntress' reputation through media interaction, public speaking, and blogs
- Works with the Sr. Director of Adversary Tactics, the Security Operations Center, Product, and others to develop the Product and threat operations roadmap
- Provides technical leadership for some members of the Security team
- Supports the professional development of researchers in the organization through coaching and mentorship
- Responsible for enhancing Huntress visibility by ingesting and utilizing IOCs from external threat intel sources
- Responsible for blog posts and other marketing materials regarding threat trends
- Responsible for building a threat intelligence program that makes use of our internal threat data

## Qualifications
- Experience with **SIEM tools** for scaled log analysis
- Familiarity with **detection engineering**, **detection logic**, i.e., **Sigma Rules**
- Experience researching and scoping **threat hunt missions**
- Foundational development experience across multiple platforms (e.g., **Windows** and/or **macOS**), **C/C++**, **GoLang**, and **Python** (nice to have)
- Proficient knowledge of **Windows** and/or **macOS** subsystems and how they interact both at the user and kernel level (nice to have)
- Understanding of **cybersecurity**, **threat actors**, and end-to-end **threat life cycle**, including one or more of the following: **digital forensics**, **malware research**, **incident response**, **vulnerabilities**, and **exploits**
- Experience with 3rd-party **intelligence tools**, **feeds**, and **reputation services**
- Experience conducting **OSINT** gathering and analysis
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with utilizing **AI** in workflows

## Compensation
**$200,000 - $225,000 base plus bonus and equity**

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