Senior Threat Research Engineer

Sysdig

full-time

Posted on: 10/9/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $143,000 - $179,000 per year

Senior

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetes

About the role

Research novel cloud-based cyber attacks and malicious actor TTPs, reporting to the Sr. Director, Threat Research.
Proven ability to autonomously develop novel research topics based on new threat trends, attacker behaviors, and gaps in current security detection.
Author content on all aspects of cloud and container security and publish your findings
Develop applicable threat intelligence based on malware analysis to help secure our customers' environments
Partner with our application and product teams to architect security solutions for containers, Kubernetes, and cloud
Develop security rules and algorithms based on security research and best-practices

5 years of cybersecurity experience with knowledge of Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Penetration Testing, Malware Analysis, or Incident Response, Software Engineer
Hands-on experience using security analysis tools like OSINT tools, IDA Pro, strace, Metasploit, and Falco
You've deployed and worked with container-based cloud infrastructure, including Docker and/or Kubernetes
Leveraged any of the major cloud providers – AWS, GCP or Azure as part of your active security research
Experience with scripting for the purposes of data analysis or automation

Benefits

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cybersecurityThreat IntelligenceThreat HuntingPenetration TestingMalware AnalysisIncident Responsescriptingdata analysisautomation

autonomous researchcontent authoringcollaborationarchitecting solutions