Principal Threat Researcher (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote; Burbank, California, United States of America

Salary: $172,100–$278,300 per year

Company

Cybersecurity company focused on protecting digital environments and national security missions through threat intelligence and security technology.

What you will do

• Collect, correlate, and analyze threat data from disparate global datasets to develop cohesive intelligence assessments.
• Lead threat research initiatives independently by designing, developing, and maintaining research tools and workflows.
• Conduct pivot analysis across closed- and open-source datasets to map command-and-control infrastructure and identify adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Translate complex technical findings into clear assessments for national security stakeholders.
• Deliver rapid-turnaround threat analysis and technical feedback during major cyber events and urgent customer requests for information.
• Partner with research, product engineering, consulting, and sales teams, while mentoring junior analysts and contributing to broader company initiatives.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of threat intelligence experience focused on ransomware, nation-state threats, cybercrime, and supply-chain risks.
• Expert understanding of adversary attack lifecycles, tactics, techniques and procedures, and high-fidelity indicators of compromise.
• Experience with passive DNS, network infrastructure analysis, host-based information analysis, and other data analysis tools.
• Knowledge of scripting languages for data collection and analysis.
• Ability to lead tasks and projects independently and recommend process improvements.
• Strong problem-solving skills for complex and ambiguous situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including collaboration across all organizational levels.

Nice to have

• Experience mentoring, leading teams, or technically reviewing research outputs.
• Ability to interpret and act on internal and external intelligence reports.
• Experience researching the dark web with appropriate operational security.
• Familiarity with static and dynamic malware analysis tools.
• Experience working within or alongside government agencies or fusion centers.
• Experience speaking at large industry conferences.
• Comfort working effectively within a fully remote team environment.
• Ability to adapt to changes in a growing team and prioritize work according to project needs and deadlines.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote role with collaboration across geographies.
• Work environment emphasizing trust, accountability, collaboration, execution, integrity, and inclusion.
• Compensation may include restricted stock units and a bonus.
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.