Cybersecurity Researcher

4 weeks ago

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

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a highly skilled Senior Threat Hunter to join its Global Unit 42's Managed Services group. As a key member of the team, you will play a critical role in safeguarding organizations against cyber threats by proactively searching for threats across multiple datasets.

Threat Hunters in Unit 42 employ a cross-disciplinary approach that involves a deep understanding of cybersecurity, incident response, threat intelligence, and hands-on technical skills. Your primary responsibility will be to proactively search for signs of malicious activity within an organization's network, using advanced tools and methodologies to identify anomalies and potential threats that may go undetected by traditional security solutions.

Effective communication is crucial in this role. You will work closely with other teams, such as Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Customers, and cybersecurity leadership, to share findings and coordinate response efforts.

Your Impact
  • Help multinational organizations stay one step ahead of adversaries and cyber threats
  • Collaborate and guide our customers on the best ways to enhance their protection and readiness for future events
  • Improve Palo Alto Networks' solutions by identifying and analyzing new threats and tactics
  • Influence the industry by sharing knowledge and findings
  • Collaborate with multiple research and development groups
  • Contribute to making the world a safer and better place
  • Perform threat hunting activities on any data source every day
  • Deal with the latest cybersecurity research projects and attacks on a daily basis
  • Build hypotheses, execute manual hunting techniques, gather and analyze results, perform forensic activities, and deliver reports
  • Join a global team of experts who handle threats and adversaries on a global scale daily
  • Enhance your knowledge and experience in all domains of cybersecurity - Network, Endpoint, Cloud, IoT, Mobile devices, and 3rd-party vendor data sources
  • Develop, create, and execute new hunting hypothesis methodologies to uncover threats, understand their root causes, and attribute them
  • We believe in automation and scaling
  • Leverage big data to discover threats and multiple threat intelligence

Qualifications
  • Understanding the threat landscape, including attack tools, tactics, and techniques, as well as networking and security fundamentals
  • Experience investigating targeted, sophisticated, or hidden threats in both endpoints and networks
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Knowledge of advanced threat hunting methodologies and the ability to develop novel techniques
  • Experience in an Incident Response environment is a plus
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL is beneficial
  • Familiarity with reverse engineering is advantageous
  • Ability to simplify and clarify complex ideas
  • Experience in writing technical blog posts and analysis reports
  • Ability to analyze and understand the infrastructure of malicious campaigns
  • Self-starter who can work independently and adapt to changing priorities

About the Team
Unit 42 is the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks. We believe threat intelligence should be shared and available to all within the industry. We deliver high-quality, in-depth research on adversaries, malware families, and attack campaigns. Our analysts uncover and document adversary behaviors and then share playbooks that give insight into the various tools, techniques, and procedures threat actors execute to compromise organizations.

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