Senior Security Researcher (Cloud-Native Security)

Location: Remote, based in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Company

hirify.global develops cybersecurity products focused on protecting cloud-native environments and large-scale production systems.

What you will do

• Research and analyze sophisticated attack techniques targeting Linux-based cloud-native systems, including Kubernetes, containers, and serverless environments.
• Reverse engineer Linux malware families to identify behavioral patterns, execution flows, and persistence mechanisms.
• Analyze real-world threat actor techniques and translate findings into detection, prevention, and hardening strategies.
• Design and prototype advanced detection logic and observability mechanisms at the kernel and runtime levels, including eBPF-based approaches.
• Turn research insights into security capabilities for large-scale production environments.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to make research outcomes impactful and scalable.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in security research, with a strong focus on Linux-based systems.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent experience from a military, academic, or advanced technical background.
• Deep practical understanding of Linux internals, including processes, syscalls, memory, networking, and filesystems.
• Strong experience with malware analysis and reverse engineering in Linux environments.
• Proficiency in C and Python for low-level research, tooling, and prototyping.
• Experience analyzing attacker behavior and designing detection or mitigation strategies, with familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, and container runtimes.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote engineering role based in Israel.
• Close collaboration with security research, engineering, and product teams.
• Opportunity to influence security strategy through advanced technical research.