Position Purpose:
The Home Depot is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager - Threat Hunting to lead and mature our proactive threat hunting program while developing a high-performing team of cybersecurity professionals. This role combines people leadership, program strategy, and hands-on cybersecurity expertise, with a focus on advancing threat-informed hunting methodologies, improving detection capabilities, and driving automation and AI-enabled efficiencies across the hunting lifecycle.
Global Hunt Operations - Plan and execute proactive hunting campaigns
Define hunt methodologies
Develop and mature the threat-informed defense model
Threat Research - Translate threat intelligence into hunt hypotheses and hunt packages
Continue developing a hypothesis-driven hunting program
Work with Threat Intelligence (CTI) to operationalize emerging TTPs
Detection Advancement - Turn successful hunts into durable detections and analytics
Partner closely with Detection Engineering to convert hunts into actionable detections for Threat Detection & Response analysts
Automation - Reduce manual hunting effort through engineering and AI
Focus on automation-first and AI-assisted hunting
Integrate manual, repeatable processes into an AI / automation pipeline
People Leadership - Develop junior and senior hunters into technical experts and advisors to the incident response process
Define hunt quality standards
Program Metrics - Measure hunt effectiveness, ATT&CK coverage, and detection improvements
Key Responsibilities:
100% Deliver Execution, Plans & Aligns, Develop Others - Collaborate across teams to reduce vulnerabilities, risks and incident management; Drive execution of solution delivery; Guide teams in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution to ensure priorities objectives/deliverable are met; Provide leadership, mentoring and coaching to direct reports
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
This position typically reports to Sr. Manager or Director
This position has 6-10 Direct Reports
Travel Requirements:
No travel required.
Physical Requirements:
Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
2+ years of previous leadership experience
Minimum Education:
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
8
Competencies:
Decision Quality
Drives Engagement
Develops Talent
Manages Conflict
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. - $170,000.00 - $240,000.00
