Senior Cybersecurity Researcher

Role overview

Research malware, threat actors, attack methods, and developing cyber risks, then turn findings into useful intelligence for response teams and customers. The role combines hands-on investigation and analysis with customer discussions, public presentations, and written research. You’ll work across research, sales, marketing, and communications, and represent security findings to both technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities - Investigate current and established threats using intelligence sources, product telemetry, malware analysis, and other evidence. - Track threat actors and their tactics, techniques, and procedures, connecting activity across campaigns. - Build tools to automate the collection, enrichment, and analysis of malware and threat intelligence. - Provide detailed research and intelligence to incident response teams. - Explain threat trends and research findings in customer and partner discussions, connecting them to security challenges. - Present research at conferences, webinars, partner events, and industry forums. - Write reports, articles, presentations, and educational material, coordinating publication and media activity with communications partners.

Requirements - At least three years of relevant cybersecurity experience, especially in threat intelligence, malware analysis, or security research. - Strong understanding of threat actors, the threat landscape, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework. - Analytical skills to produce accurate, actionable research and explain its implications. - Strong written and spoken English, including the ability to communicate technical findings to customers and business audiences. - Confident presentation and public speaking skills, with experience connecting research to customer security concerns. - Ability to collaborate across research, sales, marketing, and communications teams, travel for U.S. events, and hold an active security clearance appropriate to the role.

Nice to have - Research or automation scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell. - Published security research, conference talks, or technical webinars. - Customer-facing work with sales or marketing teams at a cybersecurity provider. - Network analysis experience with tools such as Wireshark, Zeek, or Suricata.

Benefits and work setup - The listed U.S. total target annual compensation range is $144,000–$200,000, depending on factors such as experience and location. - Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, disability and life insurance, a 401(k) with company match, and paid vacation.