Remote Threat Researcher: Malware Analysis & IR

Security Joes LTD; Colombia; On-site; COP 70,000,000 - 110,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Security Joes LTD is seeking a Threat Researcher to join our global Blue Team and monitor, investigate, and respond to cyber threats. You will analyze live attacks, support incident investigations, threat hunting, and help develop detection capabilities to protect clients.

Collaboration with malware analysis, exploitation research, and reverse engineering teams is encouraged. Excellent written and spoken English is required, with 2–4 years of hands-on threat research experience.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years hands-on threat research, SOC, MDR, or incident response.
• Experience with EDR/XDR platforms and log analysis.
• Familiarity with cloud or hybrid environments.
• Basic malware analysis and scripting (Python or PowerShell).
• Familiarity with GitHub and version control.
• Understanding of detection rules and tools like YARA or Sigma.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• High-level English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security technologies for alerts and suspicious activity.
• Investigate incidents, collect threat indicators, and support attribution analysis.
• Participate in threat hunting and malware analysis.
• Develop and improve detection rules and threat visibility.
• Support internal research tools and manage scripts and code in GitHub.
• Work with clients and their security teams during incident response.
• Learn and apply reverse engineering and incident response methods with guidance from senior researchers.
• Document findings and contribute to internal knowledge sharing and threat intelligence reports.

Skills

Threat research experience

EDR/XDR platforms

Cloud/hybrid environments

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

GitHub/version control

YARA/Sigma detection rules

Analytical communication documentation

English proficiency

Education

Degree in Computer Science

SANS GCIH/GREM or Zero2Auto certifications

Tools

GitHub

YARA

Sigma

Job description

Security Joes LTD is seeking a Threat Researcher to join our global Blue Team and monitor, investigate, and respond to cyber threats. You will analyze live attacks, support incident investigations, threat hunting, and help develop detection capabilities to protect clients.

Collaboration with malware analysis, exploitation research, and reverse engineering teams is encouraged. Excellent written and spoken English is required, with 2–4 years of hands-on threat research experience.