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Cyber Security Threat Hunter

Employer
Target
Location
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States
Start date
Apr 25, 2019
Closing date
May 1, 2019

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Category
Business, Other
Employment Status
Full Time
Description: JOIN US AS A CYBERSECURITY THREAT HUNTERAbout usTarget is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America's leading retailers.

Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We're the behind-the-scenes powerhouse that fuels Target's passion and commitment to cutting-edge innovation. We anchor every facet of one of the world's best-loved retailers with a strong technology framework that relies on the latest tools and technologies—and the brightest people—to deliver incredible value to guests online and in stores. Target Technology Services is on a mission to offer the systems, tools and support that guests and team members need and deserve. Our high-performing teams balance independence with collaboration, and we pride ourselves on being versatile, agile and creative. We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely and reliably from the inside out.

About This Opportunity

As a Threat Hunter, you'll work at the intersection of threat intelligence, attacker behavior and large datasets to:

  • Identify, research and prioritize threat actor behaviors for hunting across the enterprise
  • Lead small hunt teams to design and prototype new ways to identify malicious activity in our systems and networks

  • Document and communicate hunt methodologies and findings

  • Work with our Detection Engineering team to shepherd successful prototypes into operational detection mechanisms

  • Train and mentor other team members in the technical, procedural and communication skills of Threat Hunting

  • Develop, maintain and revise operational hunt procedures and documentation

  • Collect metrics to measure the impact of individual hunts and the hunt program as a whole

Requirements
  • Experience in threat hunting, incident detection & response, host or network forensics, Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) or related areas
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, presentation and written communication skills
  • Fluency with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell
  • Familiarity with data analysis / data science tools such as pandas, matplotlib, Apache Spark, scikit-learn, Jupyter notebooks or similar packages is a plus, but not required
  • Similar Industry Titles and Key Words: Cybersecurity Analyst, Digital Forensics, Network Forensics, Host Forensics, Incident Response, Incident Handler, Data Science



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