Cyber Security Analyst, Sales Engineering

Zafran Security

Cyber Security Analyst enabling Zafran’s vulnerability-exposure platform sales evaluations. Building tooling, analyzing customer environments, and owning go-to-market threat intelligence.

Posted 9/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in cybersecurity research analysis, threat intelligence, and threat detection engineering, with a strong ability to analyze large datasets and automate processes. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams and communicating complex findings to diverse stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Cybersecurity Research AnalysisThreat IntelligenceSQL ProficiencyProgramming/Scripting LanguagesEnterprise Security Controls

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Hard Skills

Threat Detection EngineeringData AnalysisVulnerability ScanningTCP/IP Network FundamentalsAutomation ScriptingGo ProgrammingPython ProgrammingData ValidationIntegration ScopingProofs of Value

Soft Skills

CollaborationCustomer CommunicationSelf-DirectedAdaptabilityLow-Ego

Tools & Technologies

EDRNGFWWAFCNAPPCloud Security

Industry Keywords

Threat HuntingVulnerability RiskSecurity ControlsEmerging CVEsActive Exploitation Campaigns

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityGoPythonSQLTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and maintain scripts, automations, and data utilities for the Sales Engineering field team
Partner with Sales Engineers to establish Proofs of Value, including tenant configuration, integration scoping, data validation, and success-criteria instrumentation
Connect customer security stacks, validate coverage and data quality, and resolve ingestion issues
Research customer and partner environments for vulnerability risk, security controls, and exposure paths
Distinguish genuinely exploitable vulnerabilities from risks mitigated by existing customer controls
Own threat intelligence for the go-to-market organization, track emerging CVEs and active exploitation campaigns, and drive rapid responses
Present findings directly to customer security teams and support Sales Engineers with research
Collaborate with Product, R&D, and Research by communicating field findings, data gaps, and detection misses
Validate new mitigation logic against real customer data

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with a proven track record in research analysis, threat intelligence, threat detection engineering, or threat hunting
Ability to collect, process, analyze, and interpret large and imperfect datasets to derive actionable insights, and to reach a conclusion you can defend under challenge
Proficiency in programming/scripting languages, with a default instinct to automate repetitive problems
Working knowledge of enterprise security controls, including EDR, NGFW, WAF, CNAPP, cloud security, and vulnerability scanners
Experience with network/security-related data analysis
Proficiency in SQL and TCP/IP network fundamentals
Comfort working directly with customers and explaining findings clearly to skeptical security teams
Strong collaboration skills and experience managing multi-departmental interactions with cybersecurity professionals, engineering teams, and product managers
Self-directed, low-ego, and comfortable with ambiguity and the pace of a fast-growing startup
Experience with Go/Python programming languages is a plus
Pre-sales, professional services, or another customer-facing technical role is a plus
Building internal tooling or automation for a field or go-to-market team is a plus
Agentic and LLM-based workflows and MCP-style integrations are a plus
Prior experience at an early-stage security startup is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible PTO
Health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)
Monthly stipend for phone and internet
401k
Flexible spending account
Home office stipend when joining
Access to frontier AI models, including Claude