Censys - Senior Security Research Scientist
Requirements
• Thorough understanding of Internet protocols and technologies, not just how they’re used but how they work. This includes fundamentals such as TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, etc. • High proficiency in using analytical databases and warehouse such as Google BigQuery, Snowflake, etc. to interrogate large datasets. • Ability to conceive, execute, and derive actionable insights from measurements that involve Internet-wide scanning and data collection by using infrastructure to conduct experiments. • Have strong communication skills and can explain complex technical concepts to other engineers, designers, and product managers. • Familiarity and comfort working in a Linux based environment. • Basic understanding of design and implementation of fault-tolerant distributed systems. • Collaborate and communicate well with other engineers working on related systems. • Enjoy technical architecture discussions and want to help drive technical decision making within the team. • Continually improve skills, technical approaches, and familiarity with new technologies to help contribute to the success of the team. • For high cost of living areas (San Francisco Bay, New York City, and Seattle), the expected salary range for this position is $180,000 USD - $212,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity. • For other US locations, the expected salary range for this position is $153,000 USD - $180,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity. • Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 83% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information. • Censys offers a competitive benefits package to employees, including equity, health, dental & vision coverage, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health & wellness benefits, flexible PTO, and a professional development stipend. Censys also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Censys’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. Please see our careers page for more details. • We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to your recruiter. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. • To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates to keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired, we would love to bring you to our HQ in Ann Arbor for in-person onboarding. • By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with our Censys Privacy Policy.
Responsibilities
• Conduct Internet measurement research using Censys’ Internet-wide scan data; identify and analyze Internet-wide trends with a focus on findings with interesting security implications. • Partner with Research and Product to deliver new security prototypes to customers as well as to guide where we should develop new products. • Inspect, mine, transform, and analyze large datasets to identify patterns and trends to further support engineering efforts such as predictive modeling of scan targets, software and hardware identification, vulnerability detection, threat actor identification, and more. • Work closely with multiple engineering teams to help inform technical decision making in regards to providing better coverage, context, and insights. • Assist in data classification and dataset interrogation using techniques such as entity and identity resolution, cluster, data gap analysis, and others. • As needed, serve as a public face for Censys by sharing knowledge and expertise around how Internet-wide security trends impact our customers across the public and private sectors, as well as the broader global security community • Other duties as assigned
Benefits
• Remote work within the United States or Canada • Opportunity to hunt through internet-wide scan data for security research • Ability to contribute findings directly to broader security community via blogs and talks • Assistance in data classification and dataset interrogation using advanced techniques
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