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we are looking for a Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher.
As a Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher, you will be responsible for tracking advanced adversaries and leveraging your deep technical expertise across attacker capabilities, infrastructure, and tactics. You will create and refine approaches to uncover and monitor active threat actors, as well as surface irregular and emerging behaviors in the broader threat landscape. The intelligence you generate will directly strengthen understanding of threat actors and will inform proactive hunting, detection engineering, and defensive decision-making.
:Responsibilities
Lead complex threat intelligence investigations through in-depth analysis of the global threat landscape, with a focus on advanced and state-linked actors.
Define and prioritize threat research focus areas (actors, campaigns, sectors, techniques) aligned with customers and product roadmap.
Deliver actionable cyber threat intelligence and design and execute hunting campaigns using analytics, automation, and advanced AI capabilities.
Curate and maintain structured knowledge on actors, campaigns, infrastructure, and TTPs in internal threat knowledge base.
Work closely with CyberAI researchers on the development of next-generation artificial cyber researchers and AI-driven analysis capabilities.

We're looking for an experienced Principal Threat Researcher to join our Threat Hunting team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Threat Research, you'll be responsible for:

Leading end-to-end research POCs: formulating hypotheses, designing methodologies, implementing experiments, analyzing results, and translating findings into production-ready capabilities and customer outcomes
Researching and developing methodologies for identifying, assessing, and mitigating threats and risks across diverse data sources
Partnering with data scientists and ML engineers to shape model features, training data strategies, and evaluation frameworks derived from real-world signals
Providing actionable recommendations to improve data quality, policies, detections, controls, and response strategies across Zscalers security offerings
Presenting research findings clearly and meaningfully to technical and non-technical stakeholders; influencing roadmap decisions with evidence-based insights

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.

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.

we are seeking a highly motivated and talented XDR Research Engineer to join our XDR Research team. In this role, you will develop advanced detection logic to identify and analyze security threats across the company XDR platform. Leveraging the rich data available in the company Cloud data lake, you will conduct extensive research and threat-hunting activities to broaden our detection capabilities and proactively uncover previously unknown threats.
Your work will directly influence the evolution of our companys XDR capabilities and strengthen the security posture of thousands of global customers.
This is an exceptional opportunity for security professionals passionate about Network Security, Detection Engineering, Malware Analysis, and Threat Hunting who want to make a meaningful impact on a fast-growing cybersecurity environment.
Responsibilities
Develop advanced detection logic for the XDR platform to identify security threats.
Conduct research using our company Cloud data, competitive intelligence, and newly published threat reports to expand detection coverage.
Create hunting heuristics and methodologies to uncover unknown or emerging threats.
Continuously improve detection accuracy and enhance the platforms ability to identify threats in a dynamic security landscape.
Participate in cybersecurity breach investigations and security incident activities.
Contribute to technical blogs and PR materials, and participate in cybersecurity conferences.

we are looking for a Senior Malware Researcher.
As a Senior Malware Researcher, you will analyze and reverse engineer malware and tooling used by advanced threat actors, particularly those targeting governments and critical infrastructure.
You will apply deep expertise in binary and script analysis to uncover capabilities, configurations, and C2 infrastructure for threat actor attribution and mitigations.
Your work will power malware catalog, strengthen our understanding of threat actors technical capabilities, and directly support the development of next-generation AI-driven "artificial cyber researchers".
:Responsibilities
Perform in-depth static and dynamic analysis of malware, implants, loaders, and related tooling used by APTs and other sophisticated adversaries.
Reverse engineer binaries and scripts (e.g., PE, ELF, .NET, PowerShell, JavaScript/VBA) to determine capabilities, execution flow, persistence mechanisms, and evasion techniques.
Extract and document configuration data and C2 information, and map these to campaigns, infrastructure, and threat actors in collaboration with CTI researchers.
Develop and maintain detection and hunting artifacts such as YARA rules, VT LiveHunt queries, CAPA rules, and sandbox behavior signatures.
Work closely with CyberAI researchers on the development of next-generation artificial cyber researchers and AI-driven analysis capabilities.

We are on an expedition to find you, someone who is passionate about creating intuitive, out-of-this-world security research. You'll help us harness the power of trillions of security signals to rapidly diagnose and alert the latest attacker behaviors, drive critical context-rich signals, construct new tools and automations to support customers, identify threats, and detect advanced attacker techniques.
:Responsibilities
Analyze various network devices, configurations and security products
Implement methods and algorithms to discover network topology, relationships between devices and potential lateral movement paths
Conduct network security assessments to identify weaknesses in customers network infrastructure, and recommend mitigations to monitor and limit unauthorized access
Develop research tools and frameworks to perform automatic analysis of network devices and security products
Research and analyze network-related cybersecurity threats and trends
Work closely with other internal engineering and AI teams to integrate new capabilities into our platform and guide cross-product architectural decisions
Act as a security subject matter expert for multidisciplinary teams

Were hiring our first Product Security Researcher (SOC & Incident Response) 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.

Shape the Future of Cybersecurity with Us Are you driven by deep curiosity, bold innovation, and the desire to transform cutting-edge AI research into real-world cybersecurity impact? Join Cynet, an established yet rapidly growing cybersecurity startup, where you’ll help build next-generation AI-powered security products from the ground up. You’ll be part of a small, elite, cross-disciplinary team working closely with security researchers, R&D engineers, data engineers, and product leaders.
Here, you’re not just joining a company, you’re stepping into a place where you can envision, build, and deploy foundational AI technologies that protect organizations worldwide. You will have the rare opportunity to drive innovation end-to-end, shape our future technology, and create AI systems that make a real difference in defending against modern cyber threats.
This is a role for someone who wants to put their soul into their craft, someone hungry to learn fast, experiment boldly, and turn ambitious ideas into production-ready AI solutions.

What will you do:

* Drive innovation by combining deep security research with modern AI techniques to build impactful, customer-facing security capabilities.
* Build and refine intelligent generative AI agents that drive automated cybersecurity reasoning, investigation workflows, and threat analysis.
* Extend and enhance our next-generation AI antivirus engine by designing new feature representations, building file parsers, and developing ML models end-to-end.
* Engineer and implement core parser and model components in C++ and Python to seamlessly integrate into the Cynet Endpoint Agent and platform infrastructure.
* Use Cynet’s ML experimentation pipelines to run experiments, optimize performance, and deliver production-ready detection models.
* Serve as the cybersecurity expert within the Data Science team, guiding threat modeling, malware understanding, and security-driven AI design decisions.

About Us:
Cynet is a leader in threat detection and response, designed to simplify security for organizations of all sizes. Our mission is to empower lean security teams and their partners with an AI-powered, unified platform that autonomously detects, protects, and responds to threats - backed by 24×7 security experts. With a Partner First mindset , we focus on helping customers and partners stay protected, operate confidently, and achieve their goals. Our vision is to give every organization true cybersecurity peace of mind, providing fast, accurate protection without the noise or complexity.
This role follows a hybrid work model in countries where Cynet has offices (Israel, USA), while being fully remote in England, Poland, Italy, and Germany.

Were looking for an experienced Network & Security Researcher to join our team. Youll investigate how modern networks behave at scale-diving deep into protocols, traffic patterns, and path performance-to design data-driven improvements that enhance reliability, efficiency, and user experience across our companys global network. Youll develop analysis tooling, run large-scale measurements on top of our big-data platform, and share findings internally and externally.
Responsibilities:
Build tools & pipelines: Develop analysis tools, datasets, and reproducible pipelines to support research at scale.
Deep protocol analysis: Perform in-depth studies of protocol behavior (TCP congestion control, QUIC/HTTP/3, HTTP/2, DNS, DHCP) including edge cases, timeouts, retransmissions, handshake dynamics, and head-of-line effects.
Network measurement & modeling: Analyze latency, jitter, loss, throughput, and path selection. Build models and KPIs that explain and predict performance.
Experimentation: Design controlled experiments and A/B tests; reproduce findings in lab environments (emulation/simulation) and validate on real traffic.
Collaboration with engineering: Translate research into product improvements and platform capabilities; deliver clear specs and reference implementations.
Communication & thought leadership: Publish results (internal reports, blog posts, talks), create visualizations, and-when relevant-contribute to community.