Threat Analyst III (Remote, IRE) (Cybersecurity)

Location: Ireland - Remote

Company

Cybersecurity company protecting organizations with an AI-native platform for breach prevention, detection, and response.

What you will do

• Review ML-based product detections against company standards.
• Investigate customer reports involving false positives and false negatives.
• Analyze adversary intrusions, files, and events to create or modify ML-based security detections.
• Analyze data at scale, ideally through automation, to identify emerging threats and trends.
• Address customer requests about the efficacy and functionality of machine learning detection models.
• Collaborate with Technical Account Managers, Falcon Complete, OverWatch, data scientists, and malware researchers.

Requirements

• Understanding of malware types and functionality.
• Experience with malware reverse engineering, detection engineering, threat hunting, or large-scale data analysis.
• Knowledge of binary-file attributes, including imports, exports, and packers.
• Practical research, collection, and analytical skills, including identifying useful business intelligence and trends.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to break complex problems into workable components.
• Strong understanding of at least one major operating system or public cloud provider, plus a BA/BS or MA/MS degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Security operations center, incident response, blue-team, exploit analysis, vulnerability analysis, or red-team experience.
• Knowledge of Windows internals, the Windows API, targeted and criminal intrusion tools, or malware-as-a-service toolkits.
• Programming experience with C, C++, Java, assembly, or other languages.
• Experience with machine learning, data science, public cloud infrastructure, or CrowdStrike products and services.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with flexibility and autonomy.
• Market-leading compensation and equity awards.
• Physical and mental wellness programs.
• Competitive vacation, holidays, and paid parental and adoption leave.
• Professional development opportunities, employee networks, neighborhood groups, and volunteer activities.
• Occasional on-call coverage may be required.