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The Team Our research team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating - challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our researchers dont shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment. Job Summary If you are an innovator at heart and passionate about redefining how organizations secure modern environments end-to-end, we're looking for you. As a Manager of the Core Cloud Posture team, you will lead a new, high-impact team of security researchers. You'll innovate and build on top of our market-leading posture portfolio and be responsible for the "what's next." Your mission is to innovate on top of this foundation, build the intelligent "connective tissue" that provides unparalleled context, and architect the next-generation features that will keep us ahead of the market. Key Responsibilities Lead, and grow a team of talented security researchers focused on enhancing the cloud security posture of our customers Act as a technical mentor and force multiplier for junior security researchers. You will actively share your deep industry experience, guide their research methodologies, and foster a learning environment that accelerates their professional development from talented juniors into autonomous experts Champion the continuous evolution of our security logic. You will ensure our posture coverage keeps pace with the rapidly changing cloud landscape, systematically addressing gaps and refining our policies to address evolving threats Leverage our advanced cross-product engines to synthesize isolated findings into a cohesive, prioritized story of risk for the customer Stay ahead of the evolving cloud threat landscape, translating the latest research on cloud-native based attacks into resilient posture policies that effectively minimize the attack surface Foster collaboration across engineering, product management, and go-to-market teams to deliver impactful security solutions

Were looking for driven and talented people like you to join our team and our mission to change the future of cloud security. Ready to dive in and swim with our pod?
About the role
As the Head of Research, you will lead our threat-research, security-innovation, and vulnerability-discovery efforts. You will define the strategy for how we uncover threats, identify novel attack vectors, influence product direction, and contribute thought leadership to the cybersecurity community. You will manage and grow a team of world-class researchers, work closely with product, engineering and go-to-market teams, and ensure our research remains cutting-edge, rigorous and impactful. This role emphasizes strong people leadership and cross-functional execution, alongside technical depth and hands-on research judgment.
What youll do
Develop, own and evolve the research strategy by defining high value focus areas (for example misconfigurations, identity threats, workload vulnerabilities, and emerging attack techniques), and ensure alignment with our product roadmap and business objectives.
Lead, coach, and mentor a multidisciplinary research team (researchers, threat analysts, and engineers).
Build a healthy, high-performing org, including hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to turn research insights into concrete roadmap items, detection logic, and customer value.
Drive discovery of new vulnerabilities, attack techniques, or adversary behaviors across cloud and modern infrastructure environments (for example containers, serverless, data stores, IAM).
Define metrics for research impact (for example vulnerabilities discovered, time to validate and operationalize new findings, research-driven product improvements, external reach).
Establish and maintain external partnerships (industry peers, academic groups, independent researchers) to expand our capabilities and pipeline.
Publish and present research findings (blog posts, white papers, conference talks).
Lead vulnerability disclosure and responsible communications.
Ensure the research function has the right infrastructure and processes (tooling, sandboxes, repeatable experimentation, documentation standards).
Stay current with the threat landscape, emerging technologies, attacker tradecraft, and relevant compliance or regulatory shifts.

Are you passionate about staying one step ahead of cyber threats? Do you thrive at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership?
We're looking for an exceptional Offensive Security & Research Team Leader to drive cutting-edge offensive operations, lead a team of elite security professionals, and shape the future of cyber resilience.
In this role, you'll lead hands-on red team activities, threat research, and vulnerability discovery-pushing the boundaries of what's possible in cyber offense. You will work closely with product, engineering, and executive stakeholders to translate complex attack scenarios into real-world risk mitigation strategies.
This is more than a leadership position-it's an opportunity to build and scale a high-impact team at the forefront of the cybersecurity landscape.
Job Description:
Lead a high-performing offensive security team specializing in red teaming, threat emulation, advanced adversary simulation, and vulnerability research.
Mentor and grow team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and operational excellence.
Promote a culture of innovation, encouraging curiosity and technical excellence within the team.
Translate technical discoveries into operational insights that enhance offensive engagements and deliver clear value to clients
Collaborate cross-functionally with our company's cyber offensive and defensive teams
Develop and maintain internal tools and methodologies that enhance offensive capabilities, automation, and reporting accuracy.
Design and execute tailored offensive engagements, including full-scope red team operations, assumed breach scenarios, and social engineering campaigns.

: Were looking for a hands-on AI Cyber Intelligence Engineer - in the domain of attack surface. Someone who lives and breathes cyber security, loves exploring how attackers move through real environments, and is excited to shape how AI can automate and extend that process.
In this role, youll analyze real-world environments, identify potential attack vectors, and work closely with our AI engineering teams to translate your domain expertise into actionable, intelligent workflows. Youll play a key role in guiding how our platform learns to think and act like a top-tier security analyst.
The Responsibilities
Design and shape AI-driven security agents by encoding expert attacker and defender reasoning into agentic flows, prompts, decision logic, and investigative strategies.
Translate offensive security and red-team expertise into structured knowledge that enables AI systems to identify, prioritize, and reason about real-world attack paths in complex enterprise environments.
Model attacker behavior and multi-step attack scenarios, focusing on lateral movement, privilege escalation, and cross-domain exploitation - and guide how AI agents simulate and evaluate these scenarios.
Act as a domain expert partner for product and engineering teams, ensuring AI-driven security decisions remain grounded in real attacker tradecraft and operational reality.

We are looking for a visionary VP of Research to lead our elite research group, based out of our Tel Aviv R&D center. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will be responsible for the companys threat research strategy, driving original vulnerability discovery, and ensuring our "Hackers Playbook" remains the most comprehensive in the industry.

This is a highly visible role that balances deep technical leadership with external evangelism. You will not only manage a team of top-tier security researchers but also serve as the public face of our research. You will be presenting at major global conferences, briefing executive customers, and shaping the industry narrative on offensive security.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE

Research Leadership & Strategy

Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of security and threat researchers.
Define the research roadmap, balancing original vulnerability research (novel attack vectors) with threat intelligence (analyzing emerging APTs, ransomware, and TTPs).
Foster a culture of innovation, guiding the team to discover new attack surfaces in Windows, Linux, macOS, and LLMs.
Thought Leadership & Evangelism

Serve as a primary spokesperson . You must have a proven track record of speaking at top-tier industry conferences (e.g., Black Hat, DEF CON, RSA, BlueHat).
Drive the creation of high-impact technical content, including white papers, technical blogs, and press commentary on breaking security news.
Represent in the media and create relationships with the broader security community.
Product & Business Alignment

Collaborate closely with Product Management and R&D to translate research findings into product capabilities.
Ensure our customers are protected against the latest threats (e.g., US-CERT alerts, Flash reports) within hours of disclosure.
Customer Engagement

Act as a trusted advisor to C-level executives (CISOs, CIOs) at our strategic customers.
Support the Sales and Customer Success teams by providing deep technical insights during high-stakes briefings and QBRs.

We are looking for a strategic leader to evolve our Threat team into a comprehensive
Deep Research Group
. As the Head of Research, you will lead innovation across AI Security, Threat Intelligence, and our company Intelligence, transforming raw research into core platform differentiators. This is a pivotal leadership position responsible for delivering high-signal content and product-impacting discoveries that will directly influence our expansion into the enterprise market.
What You Will Build
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Deep Research Strategy:
You will oversee the creation of next-generation security modules derived from our companys unique runtime data, transforming raw telemetry into actionable defense mechanisms and automated workflows
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Premium Intelligence:
You will drive the development of unique intellectual property and detection capabilities that allow us to launch differentiated, premium service offerings.
● Market Impact:
Your group's research will serve as a growth engine, powering our PR, community credibility, and enterprise readiness for high-stakes environments.
Responsibilities
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Organizational Leadership:
Lead, mentor, and scale a diverse group, including the Threat Research Team, Offensive Research Team, AI Research & Innovation Team, and OSINT/Vulnerability squads
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Strategic Delivery:
Oversee the lifecycle of major research initiatives, from initial discovery to full productization, ensuring deep technical findings are translated into user-facing value.
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Proactive Hunting:
Drive a proactive hunting strategy, utilizing external scanning and internal signals to uncover emerging campaigns and validate novel threats before they become widespread.
● Cross-Functional AI Integration:
Collaborate with the AI Lead and Engineering to integrate proprietary intel into our detection models and strengthen our AI-driven security architecture.

we are seeking a Threat Researcher to analyze enterprise environments and strengthen network resilience. This role focuses on researching device configurations, network relationships, and lateral movement opportunities, while developing methods and tools to harden infrastructures against advanced threats.
The ideal candidate will also support PoCs by applying research capabilities to real-world govermental environments and working closely with customers to validate threat scenarios and demonstrate cyber value.
The 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
Drive threat research efforts in customer and PoC environments to uncover, simulate, and validate real-world attack scenarios, demonstrating cyber value through our company Securitys platform capabilities
Translate technical research findings into actionable insights for customer-specific environments.
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
Produce technical reports and research publications to share findings and methodologies.

As a Team Leader, youll guide a talented group of 3-5 researchers, leading hands-on and strategic efforts across multiple projects. Youll:

Lead and mentor a team of security researchers.
Drive offensive security projects, including:
Reverse engineering and vulnerability research on ECUs from various OEMs.
Penetration testing and exploitation of embedded automotive systems.
Research into cryptographic protocols, privacy mechanisms, and anti-theft technologies.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and global customers to deliver impactful insights and solutions.
Shape the future of automotive security through innovation and deep technical exploration.

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.

Weʼre looking for a highly technical and creative Security Researcher to join our research group. This role is central to navigating complex security landscapes, advancing our CNAPP offerings, crafting sophisticated algorithms, and pioneering cloud security research. Working alongside a diverse team, youʼll explore the cutting edge of cloud and AI-driven security, uncovering critical vulnerabilities, developing novel detection techniques, and driving impactful research publications. Join us in shaping the future of cloud security, where your work not only advances our technology but also deeply resonates with our commitment to exceeding customer expectations, streamlining for simplicity, and tackling challenges with creative solutions.
Responsibilities
● Collaborate with teams across the organization, including Product and GTM, to develop and integrate top-tier features.
● Conduct deep technical research into cloud-native environments.
● Vulnerability research in the major Cloud providers and cutting-edge technologies.
● Lead offensive investigations in Kubernetes, eBPF, AI/ML‑based anomaly detection, and runtime security, translating findings into production‑grade detections.
● Create authoritative content - white papers, conference papers, blogs, and release notes that educate users and elevate our companyʼs brand.
● Deep dive into threat detection and product content that provide our customers deep insights and added value.