Senior Threat Researcher
Core
Analyze emerging threats, adversarial behaviors, and TTPs to understand attacker methodologies and improve detection capabilities across a global cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange ecosystem.
Role type
Senior Threat Researcher (Threat Hunting & Incident Response)
Builds
Enhanced detection capabilities and security posture for Zscaler's global customer base
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cloud Security / Threat Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Threat hunting, incident response, malware analysis, network defense, SIEM operations (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, ElasticSearch), MITRE ATT&CK framework, adversary TTPs, AI/ML fundamentals
Preferred skills
AI/ML model leveraging for threat intelligence synthesis, LLM usage for pattern recognition, root cause analysis, strategic recommendations, Python scripting, IDS/IPS signature authoring, YARA signatures
Technologies
Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, ElasticSearch, Python, YARA, MITRE ATT&CK
Responsibilities
Analyze emerging threats and adversarial behaviors to enhance detection; Conduct proactive and retroactive threat hunting using telemetry; Research, validate, and document threat hunting findings; Respond to customer needs independently; Identify detection gaps and collaborate to improve security posture
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC