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We are looking for a Research Team Lead to establish and lead a cross-product research team focused on horizontal, high-impact initiatives that influence multiple offerings.
Unlike product-embedded research roles, this team drives foundational and strategic research projects across networking, security, identity, automation, and AI-driven capabilities. Examples include large-scale reasoning systems, autonomous policy frameworks, cross-domain detection and response concepts (xOps), and platform-wide intelligence capabilities.
You will combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership and execution skills -identifying impactful research directions, building a high-performing team, and turning advanced research into real platform capabilities used by thousands of customers worldwide.
Responsibilities
Technical Vision & Strategy:
Define and execute the roadmap for cross-product research initiatives.
Identify high-leverage research opportunities that impact multiple domains and products.
Drive long-term architectural thinking and influence platform evolution.
Balance innovation, experimentation, and production-readiness.
Team Leadership:
Recruit, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary team of researchers (AI, data, algorithms, networking, security).
Establish high standards for research rigor, experimentation methodology, and engineering quality.
Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical excellence.
Research & Execution:
Lead complex, ambiguous research initiatives from ideation through validation and productionization.
Design large-scale experiments and validation methodologies using our data platform.
Drive innovation in areas such as:
Autonomous policy systems
Cross-domain detection and response frameworks
Large-scale reasoning and decision systems
Data-driven optimization and automation capabilities
Ensure research outcomes are measurable, scalable, and aligned with business impact.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Work closely with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Product Research teams to translate research into shipped capabilities.
Provide technical guidance and influence cross-organizational decisions.
Act as a bridge between exploratory research and production systems.
Communication & Influence:
Present research findings and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
Produce clear technical documentation, design proposals, and internal position papers.
Represent Platform Research as a center of excellence for cross-product innovation.

GeoEdge is a global leader in ad security and quality solutions, trusted by top publishers, app developers, and ad platforms worldwide. Our mission is to maintain a safe and transparent digital advertising ecosystem, ensuring that users everywhere enjoy a clean and trustworthy online experience. We are seeking a Security Research Team Leader to join our team of highly skilled professionals, which includes security researchers, operations analysts, and data scientists. This team continuously hunts for threats, evaluates emerging attack vectors, and develops innovative detection techniques in the field of malvertising and advertising security. Our mission is to protect customers from attacks generated by malicious advertisements (malvertising).
What You'll Do
* Lead detection innovation. Design and implement new methodologies to identify and stop malvertising attacks before they reach end users.
* Drive signal research. Research and develop signal-collection strategies across mobile and desktop environments to strengthen detection and enhance customer protection.
* Expand scanning capabilities. Devise approaches to overcome bot detection mechanisms and ensure comprehensive website coverage.
* Deliver customer impact. Understand customer-specific security requirements, translate them into actionable research, and consistently exceed expectations.
* Map adversary behavior. Discover and document the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by malvertisers and related threat actors.
* Elevate data-driven detection. Create and validate data insights that enhance detection quality and drive measurable improvements in protection efficacy.
* Share knowledge broadly. Publish security research through blog posts, internal knowledge bases, conference presentations, and external engagements — translating complex discoveries into clear, impactful narratives.
* Hunt threats proactively. Identify malicious activity across the internet, reverse-engineer attack execution, and produce thorough technical documentation.
* Stay ahead of the curve. Continuously monitor the cybersecurity landscape for trends, emerging threats, and developments relevant to our mission.
* Mentor and lead. Contribute high-impact work that moves team-level metrics, while actively providing leadership, guidance, and mentorship to peers and junior researchers.
* Build better tools. Develop techniques, scripts, and tooling to streamline workflows and amplify the broader team's productivity.

Your Career
If you are an innovator at heart and passionate about redefining how organizations secure modern environments end-to-end, we're looking for you.
We're looking for a Manager to lead a security research team for detection and response across cloud environments.
This is an opportunity to lead an exceptional group of researchers working on a startup-level product within the largest security company, helping revolutionize how organizations protect their Kubernetes and hybrid cloud environments.
Your Impact
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented security researchers focused on defending organizations as they transition from on-premises data centers to modern cloud and Kubernetes infrastructure.
Drive the strategy and execution of research initiatives to uncover novel techniques for detecting and responding to sophisticated attacks targeting hybrid and cloud-native environments.
Define and prioritize detection use cases, relevant datasets, and innovative analytic approaches combining runtime visibility and posture management across diverse platforms.
Stay up to date with the latest attacker methodologies, APT campaigns, and TTPs to ensure our detection capabilities stay ahead of evolving threats in both legacy and cloud contexts.
Oversee simulation of real-world attacks and deep behavioral analysis to inform and validate detection content.
Foster collaboration across engineering, product management, and go-to-market teams to deliver impactful security solutions.
Represent the team and share insights with the security community through blogs, conference talks, and publications.

We are looking for a hands-on Security Research Team Lead to own and scale our Security Research domain.
This is a foundational role in a small, highly technical team, focused on deep security research, algorithmic thinking, and leveraging AI to turn complex data into accurate, actionable security insights.
This role is not about people management by default - it is about technical leadership, ownership, and building scalable research capabilities that directly impact product and customer security.
Responsibilities:
Own and lead the Security Research domain through hands-on technical work.
Research security risks in SaaS and business applications, including permissions, identities, and access models.
Design and apply algorithmic approaches to analyze complex data structures and security risk surfaces.
Leverage AI-based techniques to work with large-scale data, improve accuracy, and automate research workflows.
Detect security flaws, misconfigurations, and systemic risks in SaaS environments.
Lead and support complex security investigations and customer-facing incident research.
Work closely with Product and Engineering to translate research findings into scalable product capabilities.
Technically mentor and support a small and growing research team.
Define research priorities and help shape how the team scales over time.

As a Vulnerability Research Team Lead , you will lead a world-class group of vulnerability researchers in analyzing complex cyber-physical systems. You will balance hands-on technical excellence with people management, guiding your team through deep-dive disassembly, code audits, and exploit development. You will be responsible for the team's research roadmap, ensuring we stay ahead of emerging threats while fostering a culture of innovation and professional growth.

Responsibilities
As a Vulnerability Research Team Lead, your impact will be:

Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, hire, and develop a team of high-performing Vulnerability Researchers, fostering a collaborative and high-standard environment.
Research Strategy: Define and execute the team's research roadmap, prioritizing targets that provide the highest value to customers and products.
Technical Oversight: Provide expert guidance on static/dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, and exploit development projects.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with R&D, Product Management, and Threat Intelligence teams to translate research findings into actionable security features.
Thought Leadership: Represent research in the industry through blogs, whitepapers, or conference presentations (BlackHat, DEF CON, etc.).

Were looking for a Pentest Product Associate to join our Product team and help expand the power of our company.
In this pivotal role, you will be the primary operator of our cutting-edge AI-driven Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) agent while simultaneously innovating detection mechanisms for cloud-native technologies.
You will bridge the gap between automated AI testing and cloud infrastructure, defining the "rules of engagement" for our agents to ensure they effectively simulate sophisticated attacks and accurately classify the modern attack surface.
WHAT YOULL DO
Engineer Detection & Attack Logic: Develop advanced detection algorithms to classify cloud technologies while fine-tuning the attack policies that define how our agents identify and exploit vulnerabilities.
Validate Complex Findings: Analyze cloud services, APIs, and log payloads to review complex attack paths, reducing false positives and ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Research Novel Threats: Stay at the forefront of novel attack vectors and emerging cloud/API threats, translating new techniques into executable behaviors for the company DAST engine.
Drive Product Evolution: Collaborate directly with Research, Backend, and R&D teams to turn operational insights into feature requests, positioning our company as the market leader in vulnerability management.

Required Offensive Security Team Lead
As an Offensive Security Team Lead, you will spearhead our offensive security operations and lead advanced threat research initiatives, playing a pivotal role in safeguarding our organization and customers from evolving cyber threats. You will develop and execute Red Team exercises, simulate real-world attacks, and identify security weaknesses in our systems and applications. We seek a highly skilled, proactive tech leader who thrives in challenging environments and is passionate about advancing security research and offensive strategies.
As an Offensive Security Team Lead, you will
Lead, plan, design, and execute Red Team operations, threat modeling, and adversarial simulations against our infrastructure and cloud environments
Drive threat research and intelligence initiatives to stay ahead of emerging cyber threats, attack techniques, and vulnerabilities
Develop and execute advanced attack scenarios to assess security defenses and provide actionable recommendations for improving our security posture
Collaborate closely with security engineering, DevOps, and software development teams to implement findings and enhance our defenses
Lead the development of tooling, frameworks, and methodologies to automate and optimize Red Team exercises
Mentor and guide a team of security professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
Participate in incident responses when Red Team exercises reveal vulnerabilities, providing expertise on attack techniques, forensics, and post-attack mitigation
Continuously assess and improve security processes, playbooks, and threat detection mechanisms.

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 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
Deep Research Strategy:
You will oversee the creation of next-generation security modules derived from our unique runtime data, transforming raw telemetry into actionable defense mechanisms and automated workflows
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:
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
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.
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're seeking a Senior Security Researcher & Team Lead to own and drive Zenity's security research domain from the ground up. This is a leadership-first role - you'll build and guide a research team, define a new frontier in AI and agentic security, and shape the methodologies and standards that don't yet exist in the industry. If you thrive in ambiguity, love creating structure where there is none, and want to leave a real mark on an emerging security domain, this role is for you.
You'll investigate emerging attack surfaces, architect and implement detection mechanisms, and validate your findings in production environments protecting Fortune 500 customers. It's a high-ownership position that blends deep technical research with strategic thinking and team leadership - with a real sense of urgency to shape the AI security landscape not just for Zenity, but for the entire security community.
Responsibilities:
Lead and mentor a security research team, driving vulnerability and threat research that generates product value and protects Fortune 500 customers in production environments.
Take end-to-end ownership of detection mechanism design for agentic AI applications - from initial hypothesis through experimentation to production-grade implementation.
Apply expertise across cloud, identity, web, and API security to map and address the evolving AI threat landscape.
Apply LLMs, Agentic AI, and machine learning models to detect security vulnerabilities.
Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to translate research into actionable, shippable security capabilities.

Are you an innovative security researcher with a deep understanding of the cyber threat landscape and a passion for protecting modern environments? Do you want to tackle the challenge of securing enterprise networks against evolving threats?
We are seeking a highly skilled professional to focus on the critical, fast-paced domain of Virtualization Security. As a foundational member of a newly formed and growing team, you will explore the 'blue ocean' of threat detection, pioneering next-generation capabilities within the worlds largest cybersecurity enterprise. 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
Conduct deep research into virtualization technologies, and targeted attacks to fortify our attack prevention mechanisms.
Stay current with the latest attacker methodologies, APT campaigns, and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) targeting virtualization systems.
Analyze emerging threats and malware to identify new techniques and formulate effective detection and prevention strategies.
Leverage AI and big data methodologies to investigate and analyze extensive datasets across our customer base.
Design cutting-edge protection components and develop sophisticated detection rules to enhance the effectiveness of our security solutions.
Drive the research and development of novel protection concepts, seeing them through to production-grade quality, and serve as a subject matter expert in the field.
Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our security product offerings.
Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product Management, and other research teams to seamlessly translate research findings and insights into new production features.