Threat Hunting Engineer

Jobbex, a company that empowers people and organizations by matching great talent with great projects, is looking for the next Threat Hunting Engineer to join one of our clients.

If you feel inspired to make a change and if you want to be part of the cool kid on the block, this opportunity is for you!

Be ready to find at Jobbex Portugal the transparent, friendly, and professional work environment you have been looking for.

Responsibilities:

• Perform threat hunting across enterprise environments, using logs, EDR, SIEM and other telemetry sources to identify suspicious behaviours or threat actors
• Conduct deep forensic investigations on endpoints, servers, and network traffic
• Reverse engineer malware, exploits, or malicious scripts to understand how they work and how to mitigate them
• Collaborate closely with SOC, DevSecOps, and detection engineering teams to share findings and build better detection capabilities
• Use threat intelligence and TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK, etc.) to enrich analysis and stay ahead of adversary behaviour
• Respond to complex and high-severity security incidents, leading root cause analysis and remediation planning
• Recommend hardening strategies and work with system owners to reduce the attack surface
• Document findings clearly and contribute to internal threat knowledge base and playbooks

Requirements:

• Solid experience in threat hunting, red team operations, or advanced blue team roles
• Deep understanding of Windows, Linux, and network internals
• Proven experience in incident response, digital forensics, and malware analysis
• Skills in reverse engineering tools (IDA Pro, Ghidra, x64dbg, etc.)
• Hands-on with scripting or programming (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• Familiarity with SIEM/EDR tools (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Carbon Black)
• Knowledge of threat intelligence frameworks and adversary emulation
• Ability to communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Enthusiastic?

If this opportunity sounds like your next challenge, apply and lets talk