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As the Manager of the Rapid Response (RR) team, you will lead a group of malware analysts responsible for developing, improving, and deploying our rapid anti-malware prevention capabilities. Your team is on the front lines of statically analyzing urgent customer issues, stopping malicious activities in their tracks, and developing to halt attacks at the earliest possible stage. In this role, you will guide the teams technical direction, drive automation initiatives, and act as the critical bridge between frontline support, global research, and engineering.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of fast-paced malware analysts, fostering a "play to win" culture.
Oversee the daily triage, investigation, and resolution of urgent customer escalations, specifically False Positive (FP) and False Negative (FN) malware prevention events - ensuring swift and accurate mitigation.
Drive the team's automation efforts, identifying opportunities to automate routines to reduce response times and scale the team's capabilities.
Direct the analysis of emerging malware families, OS internals, and attack frameworks to ensure the team maintains an up-to-date overview of the current threat landscape.
Guide the development of rapid, high-quality prevention signatures (e.g., YARA, IPS) to enhance product coverage.
Act as the primary technical escalation point and work in close coordination with global research teams, support, engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders.

The team is responsible for developing and improving our Windows anti-malware prevention. This includes having top-notch knowledge about the latest malware families in the wild, Windows internals, different attack frameworks and hacktools. As part of this, the team analyzes customer data and issues to prevent malicious activities in our customer's environment, and help to improve the product.
Key Responsibilities
Research and analyze malware and keep up-to-date on the most recent tactics and techniques used in the wild
Create behavioral-based protection that enhances our product's coverage
Leverage our company massive collection network to identify coverage gaps and emerging threats
Assist in the design, evaluation, and implementation of new security technologies
Work in close coordination with other teams, including both development and other research teams, as well as support, sales and other cross-functional teams.

The team is responsible for developing and improving our Linux anti-malware prevention. This includes having top-notch knowledge about the latest malware families in the wild, Linux internals, different attack frameworks and hacktools. As part of this, the team analyzes customer data and issues to prevent malicious activities in our customer's environment, and help to improve the product.
Key Responsibilities
Research and analyze malware and keep up-to-date on the most recent tactics and techniques used in the wild
Create behavioral-based protection that enhances our product's coverage
Leverage Palo Alto Networks massive collection network to identify coverage gaps and emerging threats
Assist in the design, research, evaluation and implementation of new security technologies and features
Work in close coordination with other teams, including both development and other research teams, as well as support, sales and other cross-functional teams.

The team is responsible for developing and improving our Linux anti-malware prevention. This includes having top-notch knowledge about the latest malware families in the wild, Linux internals, different attack frameworks and hacktools. As part of this, the team analyzes customer data and issues to prevent malicious activities in our customer's environment, and help to improve the product.
Key Responsibilities
Research and analyze malware and keep up-to-date on the most recent tactics and techniques used in the wild
Create behavioral-based protection that enhances our product's coverage
Leverage our company massive collection network to identify coverage gaps and emerging threats
Assist in the design, research, evaluation and implementation of new security technologies and features
Work in close coordination with other teams, including both development and other research teams, as well as support, sales and other cross-functional teams.

We are looking for a Linux Low Level Security Research team manager for our Tel Aviv R&D center. You will manage and lead a team that is responsible for researching the most recent Malwares, Kernel mitigations, EBPF, and advanced cybersecurity threats, as well as designing, developing and improving our Linux Agent ability to protect against different threats. The position includes researching Linux internals, Reverse engineering, malwares analysis, diving into internals of the Linux kernel and user-mode code, java, javascript and more.
Key Responsibilities
Leading the existing employees as well as hire future employees to join your team.
Be a thought leader around anti-malware detection and protection; designing, planning, and improving our anti-malware detection and prevention capabilities.
Lead the rapid response and find ways to prevent new critical vulnerabilities.
Respond to malware-based security events from customers.
Stay up to date with current malware and new attackers techniques.

The team is responsible for developing and improving our Linux anti-malware prevention. This includes having top-notch knowledge about the latest malware families in the wild, Linux internals, different attack frameworks and hacktools. As part of this, the team analyzes customer data and issues to prevent malicious activities in our customer's environment, and help to improve the product.
Key Responsibilities
Research and analyze malware and keep up-to-date on the most recent tactics and techniques used in the wild
Create behavioral-based protection that enhances our product's coverage
Leverage Palo Alto Networks massive collection network to identify coverage gaps and emerging threats
Assist in the design, research, evaluation and implementation of new security technologies and features
Work in close coordination with other teams, including both development and other research teams, as well as support, sales and other cross-functional teams.

We are looking for a Windows Malware Security Researcher for our Tel Aviv R&D center. You will be part of a team that is responsible for researching the most recent and advanced cybersecurity threats, as well as designing, developing, and improving Anti-Malware capabilities to protect against them. The position includes researching OS internals, picking apart malware samples, delving into the internals of Windows kernel and user-mode code, and finding ways to mitigate new attack vectors.
The proposed role will be part of the research team of the Cortex XDR endpoint protection solution.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Windows Malware Security Researcher to join our growing Windows malware research team of the Cortex XDR agent group. In this role, you will play a key part in enhancing our Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agent by prototyping new protection components and techniques and developing advanced malware prevention strategies. You will work on identifying, analyzing, and mitigating sophisticated threats, working closely with various teams to drive innovation. A deep understanding of the Windows operating system is essential.
Key Responsibilities
Playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of our security solutions.
Enhance the effectiveness of our EDR product by designing cutting-edge protection components and developing sophisticated prevention rules.
Researching OS internals and how Windows works under the hood - leveraging this knowledge to develop and improve our anti-malware mechanisms and capabilities.
Research and lead novel protection ideas to production-grade level, serving as the feature subject matter expert.
Research new malware and APT mitigation techniques and develop corresponding capabilities (POC level), or improve existing mitigation capabilities.
Respond to malware-based security events at clients' networks.
Stay up to date with current malware and APT techniques.
Provide feedback to the product management team on new feature requests and product enhancements from our customer base.
Find new malware techniques and APT attacks, including analysis of caught-in-the-wild malware.
Operate independently end-to-end - from initial threat idea, through research and POC, to handing off a production-ready design to core agent engineering with clear specs, test cases, and edge-case analysis.
Be a team player who lifts others up - happy to jump in when a teammate is stuck on a tricky Windows internals or RE question, share what you've figured out, and generally make the people around you better.

The Cortex Threat Intelligence team is responsible for maintaining an up-to-date overview of the ever-changing threat landscape and its effects on the Cortex product suite. This includes the collection, analysis, and dissemination of technical threat intelligence from multiple internal and external sources. As part of this role, you will identify detection opportunities, automate threat intelligence processes, and develop tools and methodologies to increase team productivity. Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is a market-leading platform with an almost unparalleled telemetry data lake. Our team is deeply data-driven; it is the ideal environment for analysts who are enthusiastic about data mining, tracking threat actors, and deconstructing complex cyberattacks.
Key Responsibilities
Monitor the global threat landscape using diverse sources to proactively identify potential coverage gaps and improve Cortex XDRs defensive posture.
Perform in-depth research into cyberattack techniques to provide actionable insights and suggestions for improving product capabilities.
Leverage Palo Alto Networks telemetry datasets to identify emerging attack patterns and hunt for novel threats.
Design and propose robust detection logic across multiple operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux).
Partner with cross-functional teams within Palo Alto Networks to communicate findings and co-develop security enhancements.
Transform technical intelligence into high-impact deliverables, including customer-facing reports, research articles for the company blog, or presentations at international security conferences.

The Cortex Threat Intelligence team is responsible for maintaining an up-to-date overview of the ever-changing threat landscape and its effects on the Cortex product suite. This includes the collection, analysis, and dissemination of technical threat intelligence from multiple internal and external sources. As part of this role, you will identify detection opportunities, automate threat intelligence processes, and develop tools and methodologies to increase team productivity. Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is a market-leading platform with an almost unparalleled telemetry data lake. Our team is deeply data-driven; it is the ideal environment for analysts who are enthusiastic about data mining, tracking threat actors, and deconstructing complex cyberattacks.
Key Responsibilities
Monitor the global threat landscape using diverse sources to proactively identify potential coverage gaps and improve Cortex XDRs defensive posture.
Perform in-depth research into cyberattack techniques to provide actionable insights and suggestions for improving product capabilities.
Leverage Palo Alto Networks telemetry datasets to identify emerging attack patterns and hunt for novel threats.
Design and propose robust detection logic across multiple operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux).
Partner with cross-functional teams within Palo Alto Networks to communicate findings and co-develop security enhancements.
Transform technical intelligence into high-impact deliverables, including customer-facing reports, research articles for the company blog, or presentations at international security conferences.

The Cortex Threat Intelligence team is responsible for maintaining an up-to-date overview of the ever-changing threat landscape and its effects on the Cortex product suite. This includes the collection, analysis, and dissemination of technical threat intelligence from multiple internal and external sources. As part of this role, you will identify detection opportunities, automate threat intelligence processes, and develop tools and methodologies to increase team productivity. our company's Cortex XDR is a market-leading platform with an almost unparalleled telemetry data lake. Our team is deeply data-driven; it is the ideal environment for analysts who are enthusiastic about data mining, tracking threat actors, and deconstructing complex cyberattacks.
Key Responsibilities
Monitor the global threat landscape using diverse sources to proactively identify potential coverage gaps and improve Cortex XDRs defensive posture.
Perform in-depth research into cyberattack techniques to provide actionable insights and suggestions for improving product capabilities.
Leverage our company's telemetry datasets to identify emerging attack patterns and hunt for novel threats.
Design and propose robust detection logic across multiple operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux).
Partner with cross-functional teams within our company to communicate findings and co-develop security enhancements.
Transform technical intelligence into high-impact deliverables, including customer-facing reports, research articles for the company blog, or presentations at international security conferences.