Threat Hunting Specialist - Portuguese National

Threat Hunting Specialist - Portuguese National
Viseu
Viseu, Viseu District, Portugal

Threat Hunting - Long Term Contract - Portuguese Nationality Required

Location: Porto/Lisbon (Hybrid working)

Type: Freelance

Working with one of my leading telco clients who are seeking a Threat Hunter to design, implement, and execute a full threat hunting program. They are establishing a new threat hunting function and are seeking someone with proven experience designing and building threat hunting models and frameworks from the ground up. The role will involve creating and implementing a framework tailored to NOS, proactively identifying current and emerging threats, and developing effective detections. You will also work closely with the SOC, feeding insights back to continuously improve detection capabilities and overall security maturity.

Deliverables:

• Develop a complete threat hunting plan and process from scratch.
• Lead internal threat hunting across existing platforms to uncover gaps, blind spots, and hidden risks.
• Drive proactive threat hunting, researching external threat activity impacting global telcos and feeding insights back into continuous improvement.
• Execute the processes you design—hands-on analysis, hunting, and detection refinement.
• Support analysts during critical incidents, including reverse engineering and deep technical investigation.

Requirements:

• Solid technical foundation in security operations and threat detection.
• Experience with EDR tools (Crowd
  Strike a plus), SIEM platforms (preferably Splunk), and Tenable for vulnerability insight.
• Strong Python scripting skills for automation and hunt development.
• Experience in reverse engineering, forensic analysis, and working with advanced threat intelligence tooling.
• A proactive, investigative mindset and the ability to translate findings into actionable improvements.
• Portuguese Nationality

This is a business critical position with interview slots booked for next week. If you are a good match and interested please apply immediately!