Zscaler
Manager, MDR & Threat Hunting
$144K–$205K
Bellevue, Washington, USA +5 · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Bellevue, Washington, USA
Remote - USA
Santa Clara, California, USA
USA - Update Location
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About the job
Leads a customer-facing team of threat hunters and MDR responders, overseeing service quality, customer relationships, investigations, and executive communications.
What you'll do
- Build and develop the team, including hiring, performance management, technical skills development, and career progression.
- Escalate and guide customer teams during intrusions, investigations, hunts, and critical service issues; communicate clearly with executives.
- Manage customer engagements and set quality standards for MDR and Managed Threat Hunting deliverables.
What they ask for
- Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions in the functional domain.
- Understand threat actor TTPs aligned with MITRE ATT&CK and detection/response opportunities for EDR and Web Proxies.
- Proficiency in two or more EDR platforms, including writing detections and responding to EDR detections.
- Experience managing customer-facing deliverable teams and executive stakeholder communication; proficiency in detection and response using network and/or Web Proxy telemetry.
Nice to have
- Experience using AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency; prior people-leadership experience at an MDR or security vendor.
- Certifications such as GIAC GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, GDAT, OffSec Threat Hunter (OSTH / TH-200), eCTHP, CDETH or similar; experience creating technical reports, white papers, and presentations.
Pay
$143,500 — $205,000 USD base salary
Tools
AI/ML, MITRE ATT&CK, EDR, Web Proxies, Zscaler
AI focus
Requires foundational AI/ML understanding and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions; preferred experience using AI technologies and workflows to improve operational efficiency.
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