Senior Threat Hunter

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us! We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description Senior Threat Hunter (U42 MTH) - Job Description Your impact  • Help multinational organizations stay one step ahead of adversaries and cyber threats. • Collaborate with customers via handling inbound communications • Provide support and assistance to the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team for hunting-related activities. • Serve as a critical line of defense by providing coverage for core threat hunting activities. • Collaborate with and guide customers by responding to hunting-related requests and issues related to suspected security incidents. • Execute existing threat hunting reports and hunting workflows, investigate results, and support timely customer reporting. • Investigate hunting leads based on IOCs, threat intelligence, and internal detections. • Monitor the threat landscape and help prepare initial context for emerging campaigns, enabling the global team to continue deeper investigation during the week. • Ensure timely and appropriate escalation of major or high-impact security events to leadership. • Provide ongoing feedback on findings, hunting reports, queries, and operational workflows to support continuous improvement. • This position requires flexibility to work in 24*7 rotational shifts depending on business demands Qualifications Your Experience 5+ years of relevant cybersecurity experience, preferably in threat hunting, incident investigation, SOC analysis, detection engineering, DFIR, MDR, or a similar security operations role. Strong understanding of the evolving threat landscape, including attack tools, tactics, and techniques, as well as networking and security fundamentals. Experience investigating suspicious activity, security incidents, or targeted threats across endpoints, networks, identity, and cloud. Ability to work independently, make sound investigative decisions, and escalate when findings require additional review or urgent action. Experience handling customer-facing or stakeholder-facing security requests, including clear written communication, investigation summaries, and recommendations. Understanding of attacker behaviors, including attack vectors, execution, persistence, privilege escalation, lateral movement, credential theft, command and control, and data exfiltration. Background in writing, modifying, or executing detections, hunting queries, or log-based investigations. Familiarity with organizational cybersecurity measures, including protective tools, response actions, and remediation techniques. Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Strong attention to detail and ability to clearly document investigation logic, findings, and conclusions. Knowledge of threat hunting methodologies and the ability to