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Staff Security Engineer (Cyber Threat Hunting)

Coupang · Seoul, South Korea

Posted 17 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
17 days
Coupang's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
1% of Coupang's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Coupang
high
365 stale, 14 reposted of 717 open
Hiring momentum
1065 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Coupang's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Coupang.

About this role

The Staff Security Engineer (Cyber Threat Hunting) at Coupang will lead proactive threat hunting activities across the organization, utilizing attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and threat intelligence. The role involves advanced analysis of large datasets to identify subtle anomalies and indicators of compromise, collaborating with various teams to enhance security operations, and developing automated processes for threat hunting.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Coupang as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Over 8 years of experience in security operations, threat hunting, or incident response
  • Deep understanding of attacker TTPs and experience applying MITRE ATT&CK framework in enterprise threat hunting
  • Extensive practical experience with SIEM, EDR, cloud security, and log analysis platforms in large enterprise environments
  • Strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills based on complex multi-layered security investigations

Nice to have

  • In-depth technical understanding of attacker TTPs, attack lifecycle, lateral movement behavior, and attacker simulation
  • Proficiency in enterprise log analysis platforms like Splunk, ELK, UEBA, QRadar and query languages such as SPL, KQL, SQL, LogScale
  • Experience conducting hypothesis-driven threat hunting and investigation research on complex multi-domain telemetry data
  • Experience in threat hunting automation and playbook development using Python, PowerShell, or equivalent scripting and data engineering skills
  • Understanding of malware analysis, network forensics, and EDR/XDR platform internals

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • The role involves complex and advanced security tasks, which may require a steep learning curve for those new to the field
  • The job description emphasizes a proactive and dynamic work environment, which may not suit everyone
  • The position may involve working with a variety of security data sources and platforms, which could be challenging for those less experienced in this area

Summarised from Coupang's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Coupang on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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