Associate Cyber Threat Researcher

About the role

UltraViolet Cyber is looking for an Associate Cyber Threat Researcher to join its Threat Intelligence & Detection Engineering (TIDE) team. You will work directly with customer environments to hunt, investigate, and respond to cyber threats while creating intelligence‑driven detection capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Create and fine‑tune detection rules that alert SOC analysts to intrusions.
• Support hypothesis‑driven threat‑hunting using security data and intelligence.
• Research and track adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Contribute to offensive and defensive threat‑intelligence reports.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior hunters and SOC analysts.
• Collaborate with Incident Response and SOC teams to investigate and contain incidents.
• Engage with internal account teams and customers to strengthen security posture and report findings.

Required profile

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• 1‑3 years of experience in cybersecurity, including at least 1 year focused on threat hunting or detection engineering.
• Proven ability to build custom behavior‑based detection rules.

Required skills

• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Experience with threat‑hunting methodologies.
• Ability to develop and tune detection rules.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work with a leading unified security operations platform.
• Collaboration with Fortune 500, Federal Government, and commercial clients.
• Professional growth within a team of seasoned security practitioners.