Cyber Threat Researcher – Level II

About the role

UltraViolet Cyber is looking for a Cyber Threat Researcher (Level II) to join its Threat Intelligence & Detection Engineering (TIDE) team. You will conduct threat hunts, develop intelligence‑driven detections, and support both offensive and defensive threat‑intelligence initiatives for Fortune 500, Federal Government, and commercial customers.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively create and tune detection rules to alert SOC analysts of intrusions.
• Lead hypotheses‑driven threat‑hunting investigations using security data and intelligence.
• Research, track, and document adversary TTPs using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Contribute to offensive and defensive threat‑intelligence reports.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior threat hunters and SOC analysts.
• Collaborate with Incident Response and SOC teams to investigate and contain security incidents.
• Engage with internal account teams and customers to strengthen security posture and report findings.

Required profile

• U.S. citizenship.
• Minimum 4 years of cybersecurity experience, including at least 1 year in threat hunting or detection engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to build custom behavior‑based detection rules.

Required skills

• MITRE ATT&CK framework knowledge.
• Threat hunting techniques.
• Detection engineering and rule development.