Security Researcher: AI-Driven Threat Detection

VulnU; Cambridge, Greater London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days’ holiday

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Darktrace seeks a Security Researcher to investigate emerging cyber threats and attacker behaviours, translating findings into detectable patterns in our AI-driven platform. You will work with teams across the business to strengthen threat detection and response capabilities.

You should have a strong foundation in networking and security, plus experience with attacker techniques and data analysis. A collaborative, independent problem-solver who communicates clearly will excel here.

Qualifications

• Strong technical foundations in security and networking.
• Familiarity with attacker techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs).
• Experience across Network, Cloud, Endpoint and Email security is preferred.
• Interest in AI security challenges and agentic AI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Investigate emerging threat actor techniques, TTPs across prod and lab environments.
• Analyze security data to understand attacker behaviours and improve detection.
• Collaborate with development teams, sharing findings to inform product development.
• Assist in testing and refining new detection approaches for malicious activity.
• Continuously improve products through data analysis and scripting.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Threat actor techniques (TTPs)

Security data analysis

Collaboration / teamwork

Communicate findings

Tools

Python

MITRE ATT&CK

Bash

Job description

Darktrace seeks a Security Researcher to investigate emerging cyber threats and attacker behaviours, translating findings into detectable patterns in our AI-driven platform. You will work with teams across the business to strengthen threat detection and response capabilities.

You should have a strong foundation in networking and security, plus experience with attacker techniques and data analysis. A collaborative, independent problem-solver who communicates clearly will excel here.