Staff Cloud Security Researcher
Core
Research cloud attack paths, emulate sophisticated attack techniques, and build detection tools to improve autonomous security sensors.
Role type
Staff Cloud Security Researcher (IC)
Builds
Detection engines, proof-of-concept tools, and innovative detection strategies for cloud environments.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Offensive Security Research
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Cloud attack path analysis, vulnerability assessment, threat modeling, OS internals (Windows/Linux), Python, C/C++, EDR internals, agentic AI workflows
Preferred skills
Conference speaking, writing detection signatures/heuristics
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Research and emulate new attack techniques to improve detection engines; Analyze attack paths in cloud environments; Identify and prioritize cloud platform vulnerabilities; Build tools for detection assessments and PoCs; Collaborate with threat intelligence and engineering teams on detection gaps.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC
