Senior AI-Centric Threat Hunter

About the role

SimSpace serves as an AI Proving Ground where organizations can confidently train, test, and outmaneuver adversaries in any environment. Trusted by allied governments, militaries, enterprises, and research institutions worldwide, SimSpace enables adaptive, AI-ready defenses that stay ahead of evolving threats.

Responsibilities

• Lead an internal initiative to research and integrate candidate agentic capabilities into test environments
• Serve as a consultant to customers looking to integrate agentic capabilities into their cybersecurity enterprise in how to identify, integrate and test capabilities prior to deployment
• Keep up with industry evolution around AI and cybersecurity operations reviewing publications and standards
• Bring world-class mentorship of advanced threat hunting tactics and strategy for our global clients and international organizations
• Utilize years of Blue Teaming experience to establish parsing rules, dashboards, and tuning of numerous enterprise security tools in our cyber range platform to exceed client goals and objectives
• Work with our range operations team to develop toolsets and scenarios within a cybersecurity range to model real-world threat defense scenarios
• Take initiative in day-to-day tasks, lead projects, and mentor other team members
• Navigate and work effectively across a complex, geographically dispersed organization
• Support assessment of customer security teams and customer events (this means the role will require national and international travel estimated up to 25-30%)

Qualifications

• Demonstrated proficiency in AI/ML engineering, including practical application and experimentation with AI agents, LLM APIs
• Possess a deep understanding of AI agents, specializing in the orchestration of agent decision loops, tool access frameworks, and memory systems optimized for threat hunting and proactive security operations
• Architecting RAG Systems: Hands-on experience designing and deploying Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines to ground LLMs in internal threat intelligence, historical incident data, and enterprise security policies while eliminating hallucinations
• Advanced proficiency in Python and standard data science/AI libraries, alongside strong scripting skills for data manipulation (Pandas, Numpy)
• Familiarity with open-source AI ecosystems (Hugging Face) and frameworks for running local, privacy-safe LLMs (Ollama, vLLM)
• 6+ years of experience in a technical role in the areas of Security Operations, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Offensive Security/Red Team, or Cyber Threat Intelligence
• Experience analyzing host, network, and application telemetry for indicators of attack across the stages of the cyber kill chain
• Direct experience working with very large datasets and log analysis tools including but not limited to: Splunk, Elastic, Python, Pandas, SQL, Hadoop, Hue
• Experience with setup and/or troubleshooting of security stacks
• Familiarity with offensive security strategies and assessment methodology
• Experience explaining threat hunt objectives to mixed technical and non-technical audiences and ability to communicate associated risk by distilling complex content into digestible information
• Hands-on technical experience and ability to demonstrate hunting for indicators of compromise in numerous enterprise scale EDR and SIEM tools to include Splunk, Elastic, Crowdstrike, and many other major vendors
• Previous experience performing digital forensics or incident response on major security incidents
• Demonstrated self-starter with a constant desire to help others improve and build the team

Benefits

Compensation. Base salary range: $135,000 - $200,000 reflecting our confidence in your expertise and impact, with the opportunity for bonuses tied to individual and company performance

Health & Wellness. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus savings plans—coverage starts on day one!

Mental Health Support. Access to company-paid counseling, coaching, and resources for you and your family through Spring Health

Financial Well-Being. Plan for your future with a 401(k)-retirement savings plan featuring a company match

Flexible Time Off. Take the time you need with unlimited vacation and dedicated health & wellness days

Parental Leave. Paid leave plans to support you and your loved ones during life’s most important moments

Ownership Opportunities. Equity stock options at hire, with annual performance-based grants—become an invested stakeholder in our shared success

Peloton Interactive Wellness Program. Full- and partial- subsidized membership plans and equipment discounts to help you reach your personalized fitness goals

Continuous Learning. Access a LinkedIn Learning membership to prioritize your personal and professional development

Social Connections. Monthly reimbursements for meaningful connections with teammates through our SocialSpace Community

Extra Perks. Legal plan coverage, pet insurance, wellness reimbursements, and more to simplify life’s details