Threat Intelligence Researcher (Cloud)

TL;DR

Threat Intelligence Researcher (Cloud): Identifying, analyzing, and tracking advanced state-backed and financially motivated attackers targeting cloud ecosystems with an accent on hunting through data sources and leveraging open/closed-data for infrastructure and malware tracking. Focus on investigating and attributing incidents, campaigns, and threat actors to understand motivations and communicate novel findings.

Location: Remote (USA). Applicants must have the legal right to work in the US without visa sponsorship.

Salary: $160,000—$220,000 USD annual base salary

Company

hirify.global is the fastest-growing startup reinventing cloud security, empowering businesses to thrive in the cloud, and is trusted by over 50% of the Fortune 100.

What you will do

• Identify, analyze, and track advanced state-backed and financially motivated attackers targeting cloud ecosystems.
• Hunt through a wide range of data sources to identify malicious campaigns targeting customers.
• Leverage open and closed-data to track the infrastructure and malware used by advanced actors.
• Investigate and attribute incidents, campaigns, and threat actors to understand their motivations.
• Communicate novel findings to multiple audiences, including customers and the public.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in security or threat research, with a proven track record of tracking sophisticated threat actors.
• Ability to find novel and durable ways of identifying and tracking threat actors across multiple data sets.
• Experience working with large-scale telemetry, especially infrastructure hunting and by pivoting through query languages and scripting.
• Familiarity with malware analysis and using YARA to hunt for malware.
• Willingness to take on multiple roles to build out actor tracking.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of major cloud and identity providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, and modern cloud-native architectures.
• Experience building tools to exploit data sources in a repeatable and scalable manner.
• Track record of public communication of novel and newsworthy findings.
• Background in incident response, threat intelligence, or threat hunting.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Financial benefits like a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match, and disability/life insurance.
• Flexible paid time off plus 11 paid holidays.
• Paid leave programs including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave.
• Home Office Setup and Monthly Connectivity reimbursements.