Senior Cybersecurity Researcher

4 weeks ago


Santa Clara, California, United States Palo Alto Networks Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Sr Staff Security Researcher to join our team at Palo Alto Networks. As a member of our Web Security Research team, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality content to our products to prevent successful cyberattacks and protect our customers. Your focus will be on malicious URL detection, DNS security, network security, and privacy protection.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Track and research emerging online threats and innovate new automated ways to identify malicious indicators used by malicious websites and URLs
  • Design, develop, test, and release threat prevention and detection systems to protect enterprise customers around the globe
  • Leverage frontier technologies in ML and AI, as well as other data-driven techniques
  • Convert research results and discoveries into real-impact innovative products
  • Implement and maintain complex software pipelines and data infrastructures with challenging requirements on high quality and performance
  • Work across teams to deliver production-impact projects

Requirements
  • Creative thinker and team player with a passion for data-driven security research, and building high-quality, complex systems as a part of an incredible research team
  • Strong Web security background and expertise in detecting security threats over the Internet, such as phishing, fraud, botnet, spam
  • Experience with malware traffic analysis, signature mining, sandboxing is a plus
  • Experience with crawling infrastructures and security scanners is a plus
  • Experience with email security is a plus
  • Strong engineering skills and ability to fastly learn and adapt to new programming languages and technologies
  • Advanced programming skills in Python, Shell scripting
  • Advanced programming skills in Golang is a plus
  • Experience with developing REST APIs and microservices
  • Knowledge and experience with modern databases and Big Data tools, such as ELK stack, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, BigQuery, Bigtable is a plus
  • Knowledge and experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
  • Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as GCP, AWS, Azure is a plus
  • Knowledge and experience in machine learning techniques, workflows, and algorithms, such as k-NN, SVM, Decision Trees, Random Forest, CNN, and RNN
  • Experience with implementing complex data-driven systems and ML pipelines is a plus
  • Must have MS/PhD in Computer Science / Software Engineering (PhD in Computer Security or Privacy is preferred), or 2+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Strong research, communication, and presentational skills
  • Past work experience in early-stage, fast-growth startups is a plus
  • Past experience on open-source projects is a plus

About Us

Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes

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