Threat Hunter

The Basics Tanium is looking for a passionate Threat Hunter to join our rapidly growing team of intrusion analysts tasked with defending Tanium customers and understanding their adversaries. As part of our team, you will bring with you your experience in cybersecurity and threat intelligence to help grow and shape threat hunting at Tanium.     Summary/Objectives  This role delivers expert‑level threat operations support by strengthening customer incident response readiness, performing hands‑on threat hunting, and enhancing detection and visibility across enterprise environments. It partners directly with customers in a hands‑on‑keyboard capacity to operationalize Tanium, build API‑based integrations, and drive meaningful security improvements. The objective is to elevate customer maturity to a proactive security strategy by combining technical depth, product expertise, and close collaboration with internal teams to address emerging threats and evolving operational needs.    Essential Job Functions  Strengthen customer incident response readiness, assist with remediation planning, and augment response capabilities during incidents to improve overall security maturity and readiness of customers  Perform hands‑on threat hunting with customers, executing the full hunting lifecycle to detect, investigate, and reduce emerging threats  Provide expert deployment and enablement of Tanium Security Operations solutions tailored to each customer’s unique use cases  Conduct threat intelligence analysis, build and refine detections, and tune intel with customers to enhance threat visibility and response  Work side‑by‑side with customers in a hands‑on‑keyboard capacity to guide, support, and maximize the effectiveness of the Tanium Platform  Collaborate closely with internal product teams, providing customer‑driven feedback and hands‑on insights to shape and enhance the Tanium Platform  Build API‑driven integrations with third‑party tools and create custom Tanium hunts using the API to baseline and enhance customer threat visibility and capability  Partner with internal teams to research emerging security challenges—such as AI, container and cloud security, and OT—to inform customer guidance and platform improvements    Minimum & Preferred Job Qualifications  5+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, threat hunting, or related defensive security roles  Hands‑on experience performing threat hunting, detection analysis, and investigation work across enterprise environments  Strong knowledge of incident response processes, including scoping, containment, remediation planning, and post‑incident improvements  Experience with security platforms such as EDR, SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence platforms, or similar technologies  Direct customer‑facing experience, provid...