Threat Detection Researcher (Windows/Linux/MacOS)
Core
Develop detections and tools to protect customers from cloud threats, investigate attacks on cloud environments, and hunt emerging cloud and AI threats.
Role type
Threat Detection Researcher (Cloud Security)
Builds
Wiz Runtime Sensor and security detections for cloud and AI workloads
Domain
Cloud Security / Threat Intelligence / AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
OS internals (Windows/Linux/MacOS), networking, cloud services (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, Python, tool development, automation, threat research, malware analysis, reverse engineering, vulnerability research, threat intelligence analysis, incident response, red teaming, threat hunting, AI research workflows
Preferred skills
Go, Rust, C/C++, supply chain attack knowledge, CI/CD threat knowledge, agentic framework threats
Technologies
Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Develop detections and tools to protect customers from cloud threats, investigate attacks on cloud environments and malware targeting cloud and AI workloads, hunt and analyze real-world attacks and emerging cloud and AI threats, collaborate with R&D to transform research insights into product features, work with customers on suspicious activity requests, create best practices and security policies based on research findings, deliver external-facing content (blog posts and talks) based on security insights
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC