Required Principal Security Researcher - Agent ML (Cortex)
Who We Are
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
Your Career:
Are you passionate about using cutting-edge technology to help protect the world against cyber threats? Do you live and breathe the cyber security world? Do you want to take part in an innovative and disruptive AI security group that has an impact on many customers?
You will be part of a strong security research and data science team who solve highly complex security challenges using disruptive technologies, ML algorithms and a lot of data.
As part of that, you will take part in the design and development of new groundbreaking AI security solutions which make a direct impact on many customers.
We value diverse viewpoints and experiences, as we are solving complex cyber security challenges. We are committed to a safe and inclusive workspace.
Your Impact:
Be at the forefront of security innovation, building next-gen detection capabilities powered by machine learning, big data, and deep threat intelligence.
Dive deep into low-level systems, reverse engineering, and file-type behavior to uncover novel attack vectors - and then turn that insight into scalable, ML-driven protections.
Work hand-in-hand with rockstar data scientists, engineers, and PMs in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where ideas move quickly from whiteboard to production.
Lead high-impact research initiatives that fuse classic security expertise with modern data science - shaping models, influencing pipelines, and driving real-world protection outcomes.
Be a key player in a multidisciplinary team where your deep security expertise will directly influence ML model design, data pipeline strategy, and real-world product impact.
Requirements: At least 8 years of experience in cyber security research space
At least 3 years of experience with endpoint security research or offensive \ defensive low-level, file related realms
Proven experience in the low level world, including OS internals, dynamic and static analysis of malware and software and reverse engineering
Proven experience in running end-to-end research POCs from ideas to customer impact solutions including the design, execution, analysis and conclusions of your research, methodologies and outcomes
Investigation skills and critical thinking using analytics, data mining, and data interpretation
Familiarity with analysis of various file types
Proficient hands-on coding skills in Python
Experience with SQL or related query languages
Excellent communication skills - ability to present research results in a clear and meaningful manner
Advantages:
Proficiency in C \ CPP
Experience with data-driven or ML models
Experience with big data platforms (e.g GCP).
This position is open to all candidates.