Senior Security Research Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Pune, India

Company

hirify.global provides cloud security and vulnerability management solutions, including vulnerability research and detection content for real-world threats.

What you will do

• Lead vulnerability research across operating systems, databases, enterprise applications, cloud services, container platforms, and network devices.
• Research newly disclosed, zero-day, and actively exploited vulnerabilities, prioritizing work by real-world risk.
• Analyze vulnerability root causes, attack vectors, exploitability conditions, and business impact.
• Build safe, controlled exploit-validation techniques that emulate attacker behavior without affecting production systems.
• Develop validation logic for WAF, firewall, EDR, IPS, and compensating controls, and establish quality standards for detection content.
• Improve automation, tooling, testing, release workflows, and the use of AI and LLMs in security research.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in vulnerability research, penetration testing, detection engineering, or security research.
• Strong knowledge of vulnerability analysis, exploit development, modern attack techniques, operating systems, databases, web technologies, cloud environments, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SSH, SMTP, DNS, SSL/TLS, and modern web protocols.
• Proficiency with Python and Bash, plus experience with packet analysis, network troubleshooting, and protocol reverse engineering.
• Working knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 and current threat actor tactics.
• Experience leading projects, mentoring technical teammates, and communicating clearly in written, verbal, and technical formats.

Nice to have

• Experience applying AI or LLMs to security research or detection engineering.
• Contributions to CVEs, security advisories, open-source security tooling, or published research.
• OSCP, OSCE, OSED, GXPN, or similar certifications.
• Experience building detection content or signatures for IPS, WAF, or EDR platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on senior individual-contributor role with ownership of complex research projects.
• Opportunity to choose research topics and develop deep expertise in selected areas.
• Collaboration with Engineering and Product teams.
• Mentoring responsibilities and opportunities for career growth.