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Threat Hunter

Hybrid in Madrid·Full-time·Added 10 days ago (last checked 16 Oct)

NCC Group

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Overview

Work mode
Hybrid, Madrid
Contract
Full-time
English
Required
Benefits
Life insurance

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Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • The ideal candidate is a highly skilled and proactive Threat Hunter with a strong background in hypothesis-driven hunting, adversary TTP analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • They have hands-on experience in Threat Hunting, Red Team, Blue Team, or Incident Response roles, with a deep understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and a proven ability to detect and investigate advanced threats beyond signature-based solutions.
  • Experienced using one or more of Splunk, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and SentinelOne SIEM and EDR stacks.
  • Experience translating threat intelligence into actionable insights and working alongside detection engineers and security analysts to operationalise findings.
  • They should be driven by curiosity and methodical thinking, constantly seeking to improve visibility and detection coverage across complex environments-including hybrid or cloud-native architectures like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • They will be comfortable presenting findings to stakeholders and documenting methodologies.
  • They thrive in fast-moving, varied and dynamic environments and are passionate about staying ahead of evolving threats.
  • Experience within a Threat Hunter, Red Team, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Malware Analysisor Blue Team role.
  • Solid understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework, TTP analysis, and adversary emulation.
  • Deep familiarity with hypothesis-driven threat hunting frameworks and methodologies.
  • Ability to work autonomously while collaborating across security, engineering, and business teams.
  • Strong scripting/query language skills (e.g., Python, KQL, SQL, PowerShell).

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience using Jupyter Notebooks for data exploration, automation, and visualization in a security context.
  • Knowledge of cloud products and log events such as Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform.
  • Familiarity with data science and machine learning techniques in security analysis.
  • Background in building automated hunting pipelines and/or detection-as-code.

Education & certifications

  • GCFA
  • OSCP
  • GDAT
  • GCIH
  • Or similar certifications, not required but certainly desirable.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Flexible Working: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options.
  • Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 25 days of holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave.
  • Medicash & Critical Illness Scheme
  • Financial & Investment Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our Pension, Life Assurance, and Share Save Scheme.
  • Community & Volunteering Programmes: Make a difference in your community with our volunteering opportunities.
  • Green Car Scheme: Drive green and save money with our eco-friendly car scheme.
  • Cycle Scheme: Stay fit and healthy with our cycle-to-work scheme.
  • Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life, like getting married/entering into a civil partnership, becoming a grandparent, and welcoming home a new pet.
  • Family Planning: Benefit from our generous maternity and paternity leave, as well as time off and support for those undergoing fertility treatments.

The role

We are seeking a highly capable and hands-on Threat Hunter to join a passionate and motivated, industry-leading team focused on identifying sophisticated adversaries through hypothesis-driven analysis and automation. You will be responsible for proactively hunting and analysing advanced threats across the customers environment using our proprietary hunting framework, ensuring our threat models and threat hunts are tightly aligned to the customer.

As a Threat Hunter, you will actively search for cyber threats that evade traditional security solutions. Your role will involve conducting in-depth intelligence-led, hypothesis-driven analysis of TTPs and behaviours, and working cross-functionally with the Security Operations Centre Analysts, Global Detection Engineers, Privacy Team and Engineering Team to mitigate risks.

What you'll do

  • Use NCC Group's HITS Framework, threat intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK, and risk models to form hypotheses and validate them through structured hunts.
  • Leverage GitLab, Sigma, Jupyter Notebooks and other tools to automate hunts, visualise results, and create reusable artifacts for future investigations and detections.
  • Collaborate with detection engineering to convert threat hunt findings into high fidelity detection content.
  • Utilising both NCC Groups internal threat intelligence feeds and open-source threat intelligence, use these to operationalise detections for emerging threats.
  • Support the mapping of threat models to monitoring use cases in partnership with teams across the business.
  • Document and maintain a robust repository for hunting methodologies, tooling, and findings to enable continuous improvement and team scaling.
  • Provide regular reports and presentations to stakeholders, with clear articulation of threats, methods, and risk impact.

About NCC Group

NCC Group is a global cybersecurity and software resilience company headquartered in Manchester, UK. It provides a wide range of services including managed security, threat intelligence, and security consulting, helping organizations protect against cyber threats and build resilient software. With a workforce of over 2,000 employees worldwide, NCC Group operates across multiple countries and serves clients in various sectors, including finance, healthcare, and government.

In Spain, NCC Group has a growing presence, particularly in Madrid, where it focuses on advanced security research and engineering roles. The company is known for its strong emphasis on research and development, offering opportunities for international professionals to work on cutting-edge security technologies. Its global footprint and collaborative culture make it an attractive employer for those looking to advance their careers in cybersecurity while enjoying the lifestyle and benefits of working in Spain.

Founded
1999
Employees
1,000–5,000
Headquarters
Manchester, UK
In Spain
Madrid

Good to know if you are moving

  • NCC Group has a global presence with offices in multiple countries, offering opportunities for international mobility.
  • The company is known for its strong security research culture, with a dedicated team of researchers and developers.
  • Spain offices are located in Madrid, a major tech hub in Europe, offering a vibrant lifestyle and growing tech ecosystem.
  • NCC Group provides a supportive environment for professional development, including training and certifications in cybersecurity.
  • The company values diversity and inclusion, making it a welcoming place for international professionals.
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