Security Research Engineer

Skills

Computer ScienceQuery LanguagesAnalytical SkillsCyber OperationsCyber Threat IntelligenceData AnalysisIntelligence Analysis

Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

6+ years professional experience in security research threat intelligence analysis cyber operations or similar
4+ years querying and analyzing data using query languages like SQL
4+ years of scripting or software engineering experience with a common programming language preferably Python
Experience contributing to automated defensive systems through detection engineering or security product development

Investigation and response to identity and access threats
Contributions to a customer-facing defensive security product
Publication of research and intelligence reports
Familiarity with identity security protocols
Collaboration with data scientists or detection engineers
Facilitation of red team exercises penetration testing or Capture the Flag competitions
Participation in development of machine learning and AI systems

Serve as an internal authority on identity threats to aid in product development
Actively hunt for identity threats in Duo customer telemetry and develop effective countermeasures
Support detection engineers in designing logic to detect and remediate sophisticated identity threats
Establish maintain and monitor internal fixed intelligence repositories containing malicious IPs and device identifiers
Coordinate bidirectional intelligence sharing with security research partners in Cisco Talos
Organize and participate in red teaming and threat emulation exercises to better understand adversarial techniques and evaluate product efficacy