Senior Threat Hunter

Application Deadline:

02/27/2025

Address:

VIRTUAL(R)13 - HomeRes - IL

Job Family Group:

Technology

This role could be done in a Hybrid or Remote setting from anywhere in USA

The Threat Intelligence & Analytics team is part of the BMO Financial Crimes Unit which (first founded in 2019) which brought together its Enterprise capabilities in Cybersecurity, Fraud and Physical Security into a fully integrated and centralized function. 

This particular team is responsible for tactical cyber threat analysis and partnerships with the Hunt team, SOC, detection team and other cyber stakeholders. A successful candidate will have a great mix of cyber security threat hunting experience, technical capabilities, and strong communicator.  They will be working collaboratively within multi-disciplines teams to research, analyze and create actionable plans to share with our internal and external stakeholders to protect our customers and employees.

Proactively searches for signs of compromises or anomalies, analyzes data to identify patterns or activities deviating from the norm, formulates and tests hypotheses about potential threats, stay informed about the latest threat intelligence, respond to incidents, develop new tools and techniques.

What will you do:

• Tracks trends and bad actors in assumed breaches
• Performs security gap analysis and assessments
• Supports SOC operations
• Analyzes actor profiles, develops detections
• Develops tactical reporting and/or presentation decks for senior management
• Reviews and analyze network logs, performs scripting
• Gathers requirements and documents these requirements for use in various audits, reports, & projects.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen the capability of the information security organization at BMO, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks across information security and technology.
• Analyzes data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Collects, organizes, analyzes and disseminates significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Develops and implements data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality.
• Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate information security processes in the organization to improve overall efficiency.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems
• Experience in Threat Hunting or 5+ years in Cyber Security (with a high concentration of threat hunting)
• Data manipulation and analysis skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy - Expert.
• Familiar with DataIQ tool and able to code with Python or Node.JS or other programming languages (JSON, YAML)
• Excellent understanding of SDLC, Information Technology domain, SQL Server, API
• Familiar with Machine Learning tools for pattern recognition and anomaly detection, developing heuristics.
• Very good understanding of collection tools (EDR, SIEM), Elastic Search
• Well versed with cyber frameworks (OSINT, NIST)
• Certified OSCP, OSCE is nice to have
• Experience in Financial Industry is nice to have

Salary:

$120,000.00 - $222,600.00

Pay Type:

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards