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Senior Security Researcher

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Conducting vulnerability research, threat analysis, and anomaly detection to identify and mitigate security risks within large-scale computing environments.

Role type

Senior Security Researcher (DFIR/Threat Intelligence)

Builds

Production security models, forensic artifacts, and threat intelligence reports

Domain

Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, Threat Intelligence

Deliverable

production ML models | research | client delivery

Required skills

Vulnerability research, threat analysis, anomaly detection, forensic log analysis, Windows internals, Linux/macOS forensic analysis, TTPs identification, EDR/SIEM proficiency

Preferred skills

Active Directory expertise, third-party cybersecurity solution knowledge, digital forensics certifications (CISSP, SANS GIAC)

Technologies

SIEM, EDR, HIDS, NIDS, Active Directory, Windows, Linux, macOS

Responsibilities

Analyze sophisticated threat actor evidence including IOCs, IOAs, and TTPs; investigate forensic log artifacts in SIEM, web server, AV, and protection logs; perform forensic analysis and threat hunting on Linux and macOS systems; research vulnerabilities and model threat scenarios.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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