As a Senior Cyber Threat Hunter at Adobe, you will join the Security Operations team to conduct proactive threat hunts and campaigns that uncover advanced adversary activity bypassing standard defenses. Your day-to-day responsibilities include analyzing large-scale log telemetry to identify anomalies and meaningful signals across cloud, endpoint, identity, and network telemetry, and working with Detection Engineering to convert findings into durable detections. You will develop scripts and automation using Python and APIs to enhance investigation workflows and collaborate closely with CSIRT, Threat Intelligence, Red Team, and Security Engineering teams. The ideal candidate has a solid background in threat hunting across modern environments, strong experience with SIEM query languages like SPL or SQL, and the ability to mentor junior analysts while communicating technical findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Conduct TTP-based threat hunts using intelligence and business risk data.
Analyze large datasets to identify anomalies and extract meaningful signals.
Collaborate with Detection Engineering to convert findings into durable detections.
Develop scripts and automation tools to enhance hunting and investigation workflows.
Mentor junior analysts and promote continuous improvement in the hunt program.
Clarify technical findings for non-technical audiences, highlighting practical impacts.
What we're looking for
6+ years of cybersecurity experience with focus on detection, threat hunting, or incident response.
Deep understanding of adversary behaviors and ability to emulate them in investigations.
Strong hands-on experience with SIEM and data platform query languages like SPL, SQL, KQL.
Proven capability to work through ambiguous hypotheses with minimal supervision.
Experience building automation tools using Python and APIs for threat hunting workflows.
Skill in clarifying technical findings and risk to non-technical audiences effectively.
Background investigating threats across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, identity, network, and CI/CD.
Market check
Salary context
This
$180,600–$261,450
range sits above
89%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$112,800–$198,000
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$136,250–$184,925
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 239 comparable postings.*
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Employer
About Adobe
Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software
Adobe currently has
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$183,300–$265,350
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