materialsecurity - Staff Threat Research Engineer, Intelligence Reporting

• Research Ability: This candidate will need to independently develop a research agenda, incorporate primary and secondary resources, create and test hypotheses, write up findings, and understand when those discoveries are product relevant. The candidate must have a strong track record of successfully doing that in the Threat Research space. • Content Creation Experience: This candidate has experience across multiple content mediums (blogs, social media, podcast, video) and is comfortable communicating their findings both in writing and in person. Experience in visualizing findings in an engaging way is desired. • Analytical Ability: This role will require the individual to support their arguments with numbers so the candidate must have experience pulling, transforming and analyzing data. A successful candidate needs to be self sufficient in SQL and relevant data analysis tools (e.g., iphython notebooks) • Security Domain Expertise: A successful candidate should be intimately familiar with modern adversary behavior and techniques and understand how to leverage data sources to identify them. • Collaboration & Communication: We take pride in being a transparent security team that works hard to find ways to say "yes" and enables Material to grow quickly and securely. As a Threat Researcher, you'll be working across the company from Marketing and Sales, to Product, Engineering, and Data. This will require a collaborative spirit and great communication skills. • Ownership and Independence: We love employees who deeply care about the impact of their work and find satisfaction in a job well done. This individual will explore new areas in their research so they must be able to define their work and fit it into the strategic goals of Material. • Breadth & Growth: Cloud office security is critical and not well understood. This candidate must be passionate about learning and communicating about new threats and new vulnerabilities to make the world a more secure place. They will likely need to learn new tools, technologies, and research methods to be successful. • Material Security is a remote-first workplace with an office in San Francisco, California. • By clicking "Apply for this Job", you acknowledge that you have read the California Candidate Privacy Notice Regarding Use of Personal Information https://material.security/ccpa and hereby agree to its terms.