Cyber Threat Hunter Lead

What You'll Do:

• Lead proactive threat hunting operations across enterprise, cloud, identity, and operational technology environments to identify and disrupt advanced adversary activity.
• Analyze cyber threat intelligence, adversary TTPs, and emerging threat trends to assess risk and prioritize hunting efforts impacting AEP.
• Develop and execute hypothesis-driven threat hunts utilizing MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, and intelligence-driven methodologies.
• Lead complex investigations involving advanced persistent threats, insider threats, ransomware, and targeted intrusion activity.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor during cyber incident response activities by providing threat analysis, scoping, forensic expertise, and remediation recommendations.
• Conduct advanced host, network, memory, and malware analysis to uncover adversary behavior and identify indicators of compromise.
• Reverse engineer malware and attacker tools to develop intelligence, improve detections, and support threat response efforts.
• Translate hunting findings into actionable detection content, use cases, and security improvements in collaboration with Detection Engineering and Security Operations teams.
• Identify gaps in visibility, telemetry, and security controls, and recommend strategic improvements to strengthen cyber defense capabilities.
• Partner with government agencies, intelligence-sharing organizations, industry peers, and internal stakeholders to enhance threat awareness and defensive readiness.
• Develop threat hunting playbooks, methodologies, and operational standards to improve consistency and maturity across the threat hunting program.
• Mentor and coach junior threat hunters and analysts, fostering technical growth and strengthening team investigative capabilities.
• Communicate complex technical findings and cyber risks in a clear and actionable manner for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Leverage cybersecurity tooling and advanced analytics to uncover stealthy or previously unidentified threats.
• Drive continuous improvement of hunting capabilities through automation, detection enhancement, adversary emulation, and lessons learned from incidents and hunt operations.
• Establish and track threat hunting metrics to measure effectiveness, demonstrate value, and guide program improvements.
• Maintain expert-level knowledge of emerging threat actors, attack techniques, vulnerabilities, and cybersecurity technologies to proactively strengthen organizational defenses. 

What We're Looking For:

Education requirements are listed below:

• Bachelor's degree OR Associates degree with 2 years relevant experience in system administration/help desk/security (cyber or physical).
• OR High School Diploma/GED with 4 years relevant experience in IT system administration/help desk/security (cyber or physical).  

Work Experience requirement listed below:

• 7 or more years of Information Technology related experience.
• OR 5 or more years of security related experience, which may include military/government work experience in addition to any experience identified above.

What You’ll Get:

In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do!

At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!