Threat Researcher

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and leverage first-, second-, and third-party access and sources to generate cyber threat intelligence.

• Execute hypothesis-driven and lead-driven hunting using first-party data and telemetry.

• Identify, analyze, and uncover new and innovative malicious cyber activities and campaigns.

• Cluster, track, attribute, research, and disrupt malicious cyber threats.

• Develop and integrate intelligence information, data sources, tools, systems, and tradecraft.

• Create a comprehensive threat landscape.

• Generate and disseminate actionable intelligence to clients and the public.

⛳️ Requirements

• Profound understanding of computer networking principles and protocols.

• Extensive technical capability to analyze network traffic (full PCAP) at both macro and packet levels.

• Strong technical skills with offensive tools, tradecraft, and exploitation techniques against network edge devices.

• Experience in conducting open and commercial source intelligence research.

• Familiarity with hardware and embedded systems.

• Proficient in query languages such as SQL.

• Experience in producing and fine-tuning detection rules like Suricata and YARA.

• Experience with binary analysis and reverse engineering.

• Knowledge of cyber threat intelligence frameworks and analytical methodologies.

• Experience in tracking and analyzing threats using graph-based analysis tools, such as Synapse.

• Experience utilizing AI, including prompt engineering and harness engineering.

• Proven experience presenting at relevant security and intelligence community conferences.

• Candidates must possess US work authorization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity in a rapidly growing Series-A startup.

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans fully covered for all employees.

• Competitive 401k employer match of 6%, fully matched and vested from day one.

• Flexible paid time off policy; GreyNoise highly recommends a minimum of 120 hours of PTO (3 weeks) annually, including at least five consecutive business days.

• Remote-first work culture.

• Apple Mac laptop and a $500 stipend for equipment accessories.

• Four months of paid family leave for birth or adoption.

• Two months of optional unpaid family leave.

• Annual budget of $1,500 for learning and development, covering professional development, tuition, books, conferences, and more.

• Company offsites and monthly local gatherings.