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Insight Global is looking for a threat analyst to join one of our top retail clients on a contract basis. This role will work with the team to contribute to implement and apply technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, and data from malicious attack, damage, or unauthorized access. Required Skills and Experience Threat Hunting & Security Operations Experience 8+ years of experience in Security Operations, with hands on experience in threat hunting, SOC analysis, or incident response Demonstrated experience conducting proactive threat hunts across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and application telemetry Strong understanding of adversary behaviors, tactics, and techniques, and how they manifest in enterprise environments Experience consuming and operationalizing actionable threat intelligence to drive hypothesis based threat hunts Ability to collaborate closely with Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, and SOC teams to ensure findings translate into detections, response actions, and defensive improvements Experience validating intelligence through data driven investigation rather than alert only workflows Strong analytical skills with experience investigating complex or low signal security events Familiarity with detection logic aligned to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK Ability to identify gaps in existing detections and recommend improvements based on hunt outcomes Security Tooling & Data Analysis Hands on experience querying and analyzing telemetry from security tools such as SIEM, EDR, and logging platforms. Experience and understanding of KQL, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, AWS, Azure Ability to work directly with large datasets and telemetry to uncover anomalous or malicious activity Experience contributing to or refining runbooks, playbooks, and investigation workflows Operationalization & Reporting Experience documenting threat hunt hypotheses, methodologies, findings, and outcomes Ability to build and maintain metrics and reporting that communicate hunt value, trends, and risk to stakeholders Comfortable transitioning validated findings into detections, response actions, or strategic improvements Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings to both technical and non technical audiences Proven ability to collaborate across Security Operations functions and influence improvements without direct authority We may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the screening, assessment, or selection of potential applicants for this position. #J-18808-Ljbffr