Hoxhunt in a nutshell 

Hoxhunt was founded in 2016 by four visionaries. At Hoxhunt, we don’t just build software, we build behavior change on a global scale. With a world-class product and over 50% year-on-year growth, we’re helping companies around the world create a culture of cybersecurity, one employee at a time. We don’t stop at training employees but analyze real threats, remediate incidents, and help security teams stay ahead of attackers. To make this happen, our operations must constantly evolve and that’s where you come in.

We operate by three principles: courage to take initiative, hunger for feedback, and succeeding together. If you are seeking professional and personal growth in a purpose-driven company, we might be the perfect choice!

Your Role

As a Junior Threat Analyst you’ll be trained to analyze real phishing reports by our end-users. The vast quantity of reports from around the globe give us a unique window into the phishing landscape. Our purpose-built tooling will allow you to build your own efficient workflow for analyzing the emails and their payloads such as credential harvesters and malicious files, to classify and tag them accordingly.

Analysts turn their domain expertise into insight, using structured analytic techniques to build a clear, current view of the threat landscape. They share findings across the company and with customers, helping them understand emerging trends and risks. Analysts also co-author reports, ranging from concise briefs to in-depth analyses and reports that reach a global audience.

A typical day consists of independent analysis, collaboration on edge cases with your colleagues and reporting insights and notable findings on our communication channels or team meetings.

What We’re Looking For

We hope you are:

• Currently studying cybersecurity or a field beneficial to the cybersecurity sector, such as mathematics, computer science, information technology, engineering, journalism, or communications among others.
• A proactive, independent, solution-oriented person with self-management abilities. We will give you freedom to execute your work as you see fit and expect a strong sense of ownership and dependability in exchange.
• Eager to take responsibility and perform your tasks diligently and enthusiastically.
• A doer with new ideas on how to improve our existing ways of working, and willingness to take initiative.
• Resilient: if something doesn’t work out, you try a new approach.
• Humble: you are not afraid to ask for help when you need it.
• Interested in cybersecurity and intrigued of building a career around this field.
• Curious and analytical: you get energy from investigating problems and finding solutions and answers to difficult problems.
• Able to form opinions and make informed decisions based on facts, yet flexible and able to discuss different outcomes.
• Fluent in English, other languages are seen as a plus.

The Why

• You get to build a product that defends companies from cybercrime, and genuinely makes the world more secure, within a team with a shared mission!
• This is a very flexible part-time job role designed to combine effortlessly with your studies.
• This is your steppingstone into the cybersecurity field, and we grant you opportunities to take initiative and grow within the organization.
• Hoxhunt is growing rapidly across regions, opening up new exciting opportunities along the way.
• Working at Hoxhunt is fun and we have a true care for our people.

Location, Contract and Salary range

• Onsite, hybrid – your call. The team often prefers to work together from our office located in Helsinki (Ruoholahti), and we hope to see you there!
• Your starting salary is 14 €/h, reviewed based on performance.
• Working hours: 15-25h/week, with working days and number of hours flexible to your preference week-to-week. Additional hours for holiday periods are negotiable.
• The initial contract is fixed term (9 to 12 months, your choice), during which we together define your future path within the company.

The Process

1. Phone discussion with your potential future team lead (30 min)
2. Teams meeting with your potential future team lead and colleague (30 min)
3. Home assignment and live walkthrough (~60 min solo + 60 min live)
4. Reference checks

If you’re interested, please send us your CV and cover letter. We will process applications once the application period ends on October 6th, with the intent to interview and proceed with potential candidates as soon as possible. So don’t hesitate to send your application!