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Senior Security Researcher

Microsoft·Israel·en
Not specifiedFull-timeThreat IntelligenceCybersecurityEnterprise Software

A global cybersecurity company is hiring Security Researcher II and Senior Security Researcher professionals in Israel to investigate advanced threats and turn research into production-ready protection across cloud, identity, and AI security teams.

Responsibilities

  • Investigate advanced attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures
  • Develop high-fidelity protection signals and logic across complex attack chains
  • Design capabilities that autonomously prevent, detect, and disrupt threats in near real time
  • Analyze large-scale security telemetry to identify novel malicious patterns
  • Use big-data query languages to support evidence-based research
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to validate and deliver protection concepts
  • Analyze real-world attack data to improve protection coverage and accuracy

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of hands-on experience in security research or threat hunting
  • Specialized experience with identity, cloud, or AI-based threat scenarios
  • Strong understanding of attacker techniques, threat landscapes, and complex attack kill chains
  • Knowledge of operating system, cloud workload, or identity platform internals
  • Experience hunting across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments
  • Programming proficiency in Python, C#, or a similar language
  • Ability to develop and ship production-ready protection logic
  • Ability to collaborate across research, engineering, and product teams

Nice to have

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
  • Public security research record, including blogs, whitepapers, or industry conference presentations
  • Offensive security or adversary simulation experience
  • Knowledge of AI-driven threats
  • Experience analyzing large datasets with big-data query languages
  • Familiarity with Azure, AWS, and hybrid or multicloud security

Benefits

  • Opportunity to protect global enterprises at scale
  • Work with large-scale security telemetry
  • Cross-functional collaboration with engineering and product teams
  • Equal opportunity employer with workplace accommodation support

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