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About the Role

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!

Responsibilities

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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree OR Associates degree with 2 years relevant experience in system administration/help desk/security (cyber or physical).
High School Diploma/GED with 4 years relevant experience in IT system administration/help desk/security (cyber or physical).
7 or more years of Information Technology related experience.
5 or more years of security related experience, which may include military/government work experience in addition to any experience identified above.

Skills

Threat hunting
Cyber threat intelligence analysis
MITRE ATT&CK
Cyber Kill Chain
Incident response
Host analysis
Network analysis
Memory analysis
Malware analysis
Malware reverse engineering
Detection engineering
Security operations
Cybersecurity tooling
Advanced analytics
Automation
Adversary emulation

Experience Level

7+ years of IT experience
5+ years of security experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Associate's degree
High School Diploma/GED

Salary/Compensations

$116,255.00 - $151,132.50

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees

About the Company

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!

Equal Opportunity

It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.