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Are you passionate about innovation in cloud security and want to redefine how Security Operations Centers (SOCs) leverage both agent and agentless technologies for detection and response? Join our cutting-edge Security Research team and lead the development of next-generation cloud detection and response solutions. In this role, you will define detection use cases, analyze threat data, and create advanced security content to protect against evolving threats in cloud environments. Be part of an exceptional team of researchers and engineers dedicated to safeguarding our customers. This is your opportunity to dive into pioneering technologies that integrate cloud security with innovative detection methodologies in a world-leading cybersecurity company.
Your Impact
Conduct ongoing research to identify and develop new detection techniques for both agent-based and agentless cloud technologies
Stay ahead of Advanced Threats, attacker methodologies, and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) to ensure our solutions remain proactive and effective against emerging threats
Simulate real-world attack scenarios in lab settings, performing in-depth analysis of adversarial behaviors and their implications for cloud security
Foster a collaborative atmosphere within an experienced, diverse, and supportive research team, driving forward new and innovative ideas in cloud detection and response.

The company Cloud Content team is an integral part of the Content Product Group, tasked with the critical mission of safeguarding cloud environments through innovative detection and response capabilities. This specialized team comprises cloud security experts, researchers, and engineers in various time zones working in unison to ensure our customers cloud workloads are secure against the ever-changing threats in the security landscape.As a senior researcher on the team, you will play a pivotal role in conducting security research, and translating it to direct security value for the company and product.This role provides a unique opportunity to join a team with strategic importance to protecting our customers from emerging threats and novel attack methodologies in both cloud and Linux based environments. You will stay ahead of the curve with regards to the threat landscape and your research will directly impact the direction of the team and our product.You will also get to work with vast datasets, have a direct impact on the efficacy and evolution of our detections, and play a decisive role in the strategic direction of our product development. Your contributions will enable continuous improvement of our companys cloud detection capabilities ensuring that our customers can be secured with the most advanced security measures in place.
What Youll Do:
Initiate and conduct Cloud Research Initiatives: follow the threat landscape to identify trends in the realm of cloud infrastructure security, threat actors, novel attack approaches, and vulnerabilities in cloud-based and/or cloud-native environments and workloads.
Conduct cutting edge research in the areas of Linux security (low level and high level operating system research) and become an authoritative source of knowledge in the team.
Research threats and vulnerabilities in cloud provider infrastructure and containerized applications and workloads.
Develop advanced cloud security models: Create sophisticated models and frameworks for identifying and mitigating new types of cloud threats. Focus on predictive analytics and proactive threat hunting methodologies.
Collaborate with cross functional teams: Work closely with various teams, including engineering, product management, detection engineering, and threat intelligence to drive cloud detections in the company falcon platform.
Provide cloud security thought leadership: Share insights and best practices with the broader security community through publications, conference presentations, and technical blogs.

The company Cloud Content team is an integral part of the Content Product Group, tasked with the critical mission of safeguarding cloud environments through innovative detection and response capabilities. This specialized team comprises cloud security experts, researchers, and engineers in various time zones working in unison to ensure our customers cloud workloads are secure against the ever-changing threats in the security landscape.As a senior researcher on the team, you will play a pivotal role in conducting security research, and translating it to direct security value for the company and product.This role provides a unique opportunity to join a team with strategic importance to protecting our customers from emerging threats and novel attack methodologies in both cloud and Linux based environments. You will stay ahead of the curve with regards to the threat landscape and your research will directly impact the direction of the team and our product.You will also get to work with vast datasets, have a direct impact on the efficacy and evolution of our detections, and play a decisive role in the strategic direction of our product development. Your contributions will enable continuous improvement of our companys cloud detection capabilities ensuring that our customers can be secured with the most advanced security measures in place.
What Youll Do:
Initiate and conduct Cloud Research Initiatives: follow the threat landscape to identify trends in the realm of cloud infrastructure security, threat actors, novel attack approaches, and vulnerabilities in cloud-based and/or cloud-native environments and workloads.
Conduct cutting edge research in the areas of Linux security (low level and high level operating system research) and become an authoritative source of knowledge in the team.
Research threats and vulnerabilities in cloud provider infrastructure and containerized applications and workloads.
Develop advanced cloud security models: Create sophisticated models and frameworks for identifying and mitigating new types of cloud threats. Focus on predictive analytics and proactive threat hunting methodologies.
Collaborate with cross functional teams: Work closely with various teams, including engineering, product management, detection engineering, and threat intelligence to drive cloud detections in the company falcon platform.
Provide cloud security thought leadership: Share insights and best practices with the broader security community through publications, conference presentations, and technical blogs.

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Security Researcher to join our Threat and Detection Group at the Tel-Aviv R&D center.
This team focuses on PANW Cortex Security and Security Assurance features across various operating systems and platforms, including (but not limited to) Linux, Mac, and Cloud. This is an applied research role with a clear mission: your research directly improves the detection and prevention capabilities of our XDR agent.
The role involves simulating, automating, and developing proof-of-concepts for known threats and offensive tools to evaluate new feature security coverage and detection quality, aligned with the Kill Chain/MITRE ATT&CK Framework and real-world threats. We need an experienced Security Researcher with a deep background in offensive security concepts and a strong interest in Linux, Cloud, and macOS platforms.
You will conduct Linux security evaluations, research innovations to enhance our security solutions, and find innovative yet practical solutions to contemporary problems. You will also develop custom tools and advanced in-house security capabilities to continuously validate our product's defenses.
Your Impact
Work hand-in-hand with the Cortex Agent release team. This role demands applied research synchronized with our delivery schedule, ensuring that every feature release is validated against the latest threats prior to launch.
Drive our threat simulation automation strategy by researching and developing new tools and capabilities that emulate real-world adversary behavior.
Enrich our Security Automation Coverage and infrastructure to protect against known and unknown threats.
Thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, mastering new security features, technologies, and complex platforms (from kernel to Kubernetes) quickly.
Conduct hands-on research to identify real-world Malware, exploits, and novel attack vectors, then create and code PoCs to test our defenses.
Act as a key research partner with engineering teams to push and validate our product capabilities.
Leverage data-driven approaches to identify threats and propose effective mitigations.

Are you an innovative security researcher with a deep understanding of Linux systems and a passion for protecting modern environments? Do you want to lead the charge in securing enterprise networks against the latest threats?
We're looking for a skilled professional to join our team, focusing on the critical and rapidly evolving fields of Linux and API security. You'll be a foundational member of a new and growing team dedicated to the "blue ocean" of detection and developing multiple new fields within the biggest cybersecurity enterprise in the world. This is a unique opportunity to apply your expertise and influence the future of threat prevention, helping us build cutting-edge security solutions from the ground up.
Key Responsibilities
Playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of our security solutions
Enhance the effectiveness of our product by designing cutting-edge protection components and developing sophisticated detection rules
Research Linux OS internals, Virtualized environments, and low-level system behaviors to inform and enhance our attack prevention mechanisms
Investigate and develop innovative methods for detecting threats and securing APIs, ensuring robust protection for modern applications and cloud-native environments
Apply sophisticated AI and big data approaches to investigate and research large amounts of data across our clients
Research and lead novel protection ideas to a production-grade level, serving as a subject matter expert
Stay up to date with the latest attacker methodologies, APT campaigns, and TTPs targeting Linux systems and APIs
Conduct static and dynamic reverse engineering of Linux malware to uncover new techniques and develop corresponding mitigation strategies
Work closely with engineering, product management, and other research teams to translate research findings into production-grade features.

As a Cloud Security Analyst, you will join our global SOC team. A small, highly technical team that owns key parts of Vias security operations. This role is perfect for someone who is motivated and eager to make an impact, and who wants to take meaningful ownership in a cloud-native environment.You will investigate real incidents, improve detections, collaborate with engineering, support AI initiatives, and strengthen Vias security posture end-to-end.

What Youll Do:

Monitor, investigate, and respond to security events across cloud and SaaS environments
Tune detections, signatures, and guardrails to reduce noise and improve accuracy
Develop and maintain SOC playbooks, processes, and response guidelines
Perform intrusion analysis and contribute to threat intelligence correlation
Conduct proactive threat hunting and surface emerging risks
Lead hands-on technical investigations and incident containment
Work with SecOps engineers to design automated remediation flows
Build dashboards, advanced alerts, and visibility for critical events
Continuously improve SOC capabilities by bringing new ideas and approaches

We are looking for a Senior Security Researcher to join our Identity Threat Detection and Response team.
In this role, you will research the evolving threat landscape and develop advanced detections to protect SAAS, Cloud, on-premises, and hybrid identities. You will focus on identifying and mitigating identity-related threats across networks, endpoints, and cloud environments, using statistical classification methods to build effective detection models and protecting customers at scale. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, validate detection concepts on real-world data, and continuously enhance detection capabilities to stay ahead of emerging threats.
Your Impact
Research innovative methods for detecting targeted attackers operating in endpoints, networks, cloud and SAAS environments
Simulate real-world attacks in lab environments and conduct a deep analysis of the behavior
Develop and refine statistics-based classification algorithms and techniques to create and improve detection models
Research specific scenarios to enhance our model's capabilities
Collaborate within a diverse research group, improving our research processes and leading us to be a better team creating a better product
Stay informed on the latest APTs, attacker methodologies, and TTPs to ensure our models stay ahead of emerging threats.

Are you passionate about taking automation to the next level? Do you live and breathe the cyber security world? Do you want to take part in an innovative and disruptive team that will have an impact on the lives of many customers?
As a Cloud Cybersecurity Researcher, you will design and implement remediation strategies for cloud runtime and posture issues, ensuring responses are as autonomous, effective, and safe as possible. You will collaborate with leading security experts, leverage cutting-edge technologies, and contribute to the vision of an Autonomous SOC.
Your Impact
Develop robust, testable, and safe remediation plans for cloud runtime and posture issues (CSPM, DSPM, CIEM, CNAPP, IAM, etc.)
Conduct in-depth research to identify attacker TTPs and cloud misconfiguration risks, and translate findings into automated response playbooks
Apply data analysis, programming, and modeling techniques to evaluate and optimize remediation approaches
Collaborate within a diverse research group to continuously improve automation processes and methodologies
Stay ahead of evolving threats, including cloud-native attack vectors and advanced adversary tradecraft.

As a Senior Technical Research Auditor for Cortex Research, you will be honing and communicating high-quality, groundbreaking cybersecurity and threat intelligence research for our company XDR & XSIAM Cortex Research Department. This is a highly technical role, and a strong research/technical background is a key qualification. Your goal is to work closely with Cortex researchers and the Unit 42 publishing team to ensure our research is clearly communicated in well-produced research articles and other written, recorded and visual materials. You will also engage in communication with external vendors and industry partners. Constant collaboration with various research groups, Corporate Communications, Legal, and Content Marketing teams is essential to help raise the profile of our research and improve our brand visibility.
Your Impact
Work with researchers to ensure high-quality, accurate, well-written pieces that are ready for publication through our Threat Research Center, social media and other properties.
Assist researchers with understanding how to translate complex technical research into clear storytelling that resonates with media and other non-technical audiences.
Review and fact-check the data and claims in our threat research publications.
Weigh in on technical research topics, such as: threat intelligence, malware analysis, reverse engineering, threat hunting, threat actor attribution, cloud and identity related attacks, endpoint security, and more.
Make necessary corrections and/or coordinate with other teams to identify who can resolve outstanding issues in a piece.
Maintain awareness of when additional notification and coordination is necessary in order to responsibly disclose our findings, including vulnerabilities.
Work with the publishing team in our ongoing effort to improve our guidelines, processes and scheduling.

Were hiring our first Security Researcher to join our newly formed Security Research function- a critical role for someone passionate about advancing real-world SOC operations with deep cybersecurity expertise.
We are building a world-class Security Research team that will power our advanced product with deep, actionable cybersecurity expertise. This team will serve as the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) behind our triage and Incident Response platform, defining logic, contributing threat intelligence, building use-case coverage, and continuously optimizing detection and investigation workflows.
Youll collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to ensure our Auto-Triage engine reflects the latest adversarial techniques and real-world SOC operations.

Responsibilities:
Serve as a domain expert in SOC workflows, alert triage, and incident response.
Design and maintain triage logic, playbook blueprints, AI Agents and more for responding to security events.
Develop and maintain alert enrichment, correlation, and classification rules across multiple data sources (EDR, SIEM, Identity, etc.).
Collaborate with product teams to define use cases, threat coverage, and analyst workflows.
Analyze real-world alerts, telemetry, and incident data to enhance product accuracy, reduce false positives and improve incident handling.
Evaluate and curate threat intelligence feeds and sources to support automated decision-making.
Conduct post-incident reviews to extract lessons and update triage logic accordingly.
Stay current with emerging threats, attacker TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK, and other frameworks.
Assist with quality assurance, testing, and validation of triage logic before deployment.