Threat Research Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom; onsite role

Company

hirify.global is a global technology company developing hardware, software, tools, and security solutions across more than 170 countries.

What you will do

• Research emerging endpoint threats, including OS-level malware, bootkits, ransomware, hardware attacks, firmware vulnerabilities, and stealthy platform-level techniques.
• Analyse attacks observed in the wild, vulnerabilities, exploit behaviours, proof-of-concept material, and attacker tradecraft.
• Assess threat risk, maturity, likely impact, and relevant mitigation approaches based on hirify.global and industry solutions.
• Maintain an authoritative view of the endpoint threat landscape and defensive security technologies.
• Translate complex technical findings into documentation and educational materials for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Create external-facing research content, including technical reports, blog posts, conference submissions, customer briefings, and media-support materials.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of endpoint security technologies, computer security architecture, and low-level systems security.
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux OS architecture and experience with reverse-engineering tools.
• Experience with attack and kill-chain analysis frameworks and the ability to assess malware, vulnerabilities, exploits, and attack methods.
• Experience gathering information from public sources and producing clear technical analysis documents and reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with scripting languages, including Python; a degree in electronic engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of PC hardware and firmware architecture, including x86, ARM, UEFI, PCIe, and DMA.
• Knowledge of OS kernel, hypervisor, enterprise IT, device security, and security management.
• Experience with penetration testing, exploit kits such as Metasploit, malware analysis, vulnerability research, attack reproduction, or attack demonstration.
• C or C++ coding experience and experience presenting offensive security, platform security, or threat research topics.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within hirify.global Security Lab and collaborate with threat researchers, systems security engineers, security technologists, business stakeholders, and external partners.
• Participate in a global laboratory environment spanning more than 170 countries.
• Contribute to security research and innovation strategy at a large technology company.
• Equal employment opportunity and an inclusive workplace culture.