Threat hunting

Company: TCS

Skill: Threat Hunting / Modeling

Experience: 6 to 15 Years

Location: Bengaluru

Interview Mode: Face to Face (Walkin) Interview

Date: 29th Aug 2026(Saturday)

Job description:

Proactive Threat Hunting

• Conduct hypothesis-driven and data-driven threat hunting across endpoints, networks, cloud, and identity systems.
• Identify anomalous behaviors, TTPs, and indicators of compromise using MITRE ATT&CK and threat intel sources.
• Perform deep-dive investigation into suspicious activities, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and persistence techniques.

Analysis & Detection Engineering

• Analyze logs, telemetry, and events from SIEM, EDR, XDR, NDR, Firewall, and Cloud security tools.
• Develop new detection rules, signatures, and behavioral analytics to improve SOC detection capabilities.
• Validate, tune, and optimize detection logic to reduce false positives.

Threat Intelligence Integration

• Consume threat intel reports, IOCs, malware analysis feeds, and emerging threat trends.
• Translate threat intel into actionable hunting queries, playbooks, and detection rules.

Incident Response Support

• Collaborate with SOC Analysts and Incident Response teams during investigations.
• Provide recommendations for containment, remediation, and hardening.
• Perform root-cause analysis on identified threats.

Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare detailed hunt reports, findings, and risk insights for leadership.
• Document new hunting methodologies, playbooks, and detection logic.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Experience in Threat Hunting, SOC, Incident Response, or Cyber Defense.
• Strong understanding of:
• MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Windows/Linux internals.
• Network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc.).
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Hands-on experience with SIEM/EDR/XDR tools such as:
• Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, ELK.
• CrowdStrike, Defender ATP, Tanium, Carbon Black, Palo Alto Cortex.
• Ability to write complex queries using:
• KQL, SQL, SPL, YARA, Sigma rules.
• Experience analyzing malicious files, scripts, and techniques used by APT groups.
• Strong analytical, investigative, and problemsolving skills.