Threat Hunter

Teleport

$90K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong AWS security experience
  • Experience with macOS corporate environments
  • Experience with Google Workspace
  • Proficient in threat intelligence and attack scenarios
  • Ability to identify detection coverage gaps

Responsibilities

  • Use threat intelligence to proactively hunt for bad actors
  • Develop hypotheses for attack scenarios and validate them using detection tools
  • Identify gaps in detection coverage to inform improvements
  • Investigate patterns of attack using Teleport's platform
  • Collaborate with security teammates to enhance defense strategy

Benefits

  • Extensive health coverage
  • Annual expense budget
  • Generous rest and recovery policies
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for a Threat Hunter to work on Teleport's Defense and Intelligence team.

You will develop a strong understanding of our cloud and corporate environments and use that knowledge to find active threats and inform our defense strategy.

You will work with our detection and response stack: e.g. Panther, Wiz, Jamf Protect, and Temporal to investigate potential breaches.

You will work with your security teammates, the Cloud team, and IT to provide feedback on our cloud architecture and detection and response capabilities.
What You'll Do
  • Use threat intelligence to proactively hunt for bad actors in our environment.
  • Develop hypotheses for attack scenarios and use our detection stack to validate them.
  • Discover gaps in our detection coverage to inform tactical and strategic improvements.
  • Hunt for bad actors abusing Teleport's platform to facilitate their attacks, discover patterns to inform prevention efforts.


What We're Looking For
  • Strong AWS security experience
  • Experience with macOS corporate environments
  • Experience with Google Workspace


Nice to Have
  • Go or Rust experience
  • GCP experience


How We Hire

Our process is designed to be straightforward and respectful of your time. We skip performative rounds and focus on what matters: understanding how you think and what you can do.

For this role, we use a take-home challenge that mirrors real work at Teleport - on your time, your way. You'll have support from the team throughout.
  • You will join a 30 minute intro call and we will walk you through the compensation, interview process and requirements.
  • You will join a 30 minute call with the hiring manager, and we will walk you through the take home exercise and help answer questions
  • You'll join a Slack channel and submit your challenge using GitHub.


The Benefits

At Teleport, we believe your career is more important than a list of perks. That's why we focus on making your day-to-day the best it can be - giving you the autonomy, access, and support to do the best work of your career.

- Extensive health coverage

- Annual expense budget

- Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge

- Investment in your future with retirement savings plans

- Professional development opportunities

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