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Palo Alto Senior Threat Researcher Unit - Clearance Required 
United States, Washington, Richland 
726670575

12.08.2024

Clearance: (TS/SCI) w/Polygraph is also required

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

As a member of the Unit 42, National Security Team (NATSEC) team, you will be working closely with a globally distributed team of vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, and threat intelligence analysts. You will be embedded into a customer environment where you will track cyber criminals, ransomware groups, and advanced persistent threats in support of sensitive customer intelligence requirements.

Your Impact

  • Provide timely and actionable intelligence to support customer intelligence requirements
  • Leverage global datasets (netflow, malware, passive DNS, etc) to track malicious cyber actors, their infrastructure and campaigns
  • Reverse engineer malware via static/dynamic methods as well as interpret Assembly through the utilization of a disassembling or debugging tool
  • Collaborate with a global team of threat intelligence analysts to analyze and develop coverage for emerging threats
  • Develop strategic threat assessments in support of customer needs
  • Communicate with product engineering teams to improve detection efficacy in our ecosystem of products

Your Experience

  • Top Secret Clearance (TS/SCI) with Polygraph
  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or 5+ years of experience as a cleared cyber threat intelligence analyst or equivalent military experience required
  • Working knowledge of BigQuery
  • Proficiency in Python, C, and/or C++
  • Familiar with static and dynamic malware analysis and common industry tools
  • Familiar with common tactics, techniques, and procedures used by cyber threat actors to conduct network reconnaissance and intrusions, including knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix for enterprise and individual techniques
  • Strong knowledge of cyber security threat actors, particularly their tactics, techniques, procedures, tooling, and noteworthy attacks
  • Experience leveraging netflow, passive DNS, IP registration, malware telemetry, and other data sets to form comprehensive threat assessments
  • Experience working with information security teams such as fusion centers, security operations centers, vulnerability threat management, security incident management, threat hunting, and data analytics
  • Excellent time management, often working under tight deadlines and multiple assignments
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
  • Comfortable with creating and delivering presentations in a range of environments, from industry conferences to customer briefings
  • Native level English fluency, any other languages a plus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be between $125,100/yr to $202,400/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .