The Cyber Hunt & Respond Engineer is an advanced, after-hours role within the 24/7 Cyber Fusion Center. This role has 2 core functions, proactive Threat Hunting & reactive Incident Response coverage. Hunting involves searching through large, diverse sets of internal and external data to discover previously undetected threats. This role is creative and responsible for developing with new hypotheses on how adversaries may be attacking the organization and will prove out the hypotheses based on our available data. Additionally, this role will work with internal groups to express the data needs to explore potential threats. This role is onsite and can be based in downtown Atlanta OR Zebulon, NC and will participate in an on-call rotation with the following shift options: ***2nd Shift, 3pm to 12am (midnight), Tuesday to Saturday (5-8 Schedule) *** Essential Duties and Responsibilities Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time. As Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) professionals, individuals in this role must be well-versed in log, packet, network, endpoint, root cause analysis, containment, and eradication. A programming, computer science, or data science background will be important to success in this role as unstructured data will need automated decisions made and other data reduction techniques applied. Depending on the candidate, the role will likely start with basic searches and visualizations but may ramp-up to leveraging Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence tools. Familiarity with programming and malicious code critical to success in this role. Must have a strong knowledge of windows internals to effectively respond to and eradicate advanced attacks. This role must advocate for the organization's threat hunting efforts. The ability to quickly identify nefarious artifacts versus benign activity will be a key skill for this position. Cyber & Respond Engineers will be asked to consult on a variety of problems (technical and non-technical) within the team and larger organization.