Security Researcher: AI-Driven Threat Discovery

Darktrace; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Holiday entitlement: 23 days + public

Birthday day off

Private medical insurance

Life insurance 4x salary

Salary sacrifice pension

Extended family leave

Employee assistance program

Cycle to work

Descripción de la vacante

Darktrace is seeking a Security Researcher to investigate emerging cyber threats and attacker behaviours, translating findings into improvements to our threat detection technology. You will work with teams across the business to turn research insights into actionable product enhancements.

The role emphasizes technical data analysis, scripting, and staying current with the evolving threat landscape, including AI-related security challenges. A collaborative, fast-paced environment awaits.

Formación

• Understanding of networking fundamentals and security concepts.
• Familiarity with attacker TTPs across networks, cloud, endpoints and email security.
• Interest in AI security challenges and agentic AI.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for complex tech problems.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical findings, both written and verbal.
• Collaborative mindset with ability to work independently and make solid decisions.

Responsabilidades

• Investigate emerging threat actor techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs) across prod and lab environments.
• Analyze security data to understand attacker behaviours and identify detection opportunities.
• Collaborate with development teams, share research findings and inform future research and product direction.
• Support development and testing of new approaches to detecting malicious or anomalous activity.
• Undertake data analysis, scripting and technical research to improve products and capabilities.
• Keep up to date with cyber threat landscape and apply findings to ongoing research.

Conocimientos

Networking fundamentals

Attack techniques (TTPs)

AI security interest

Analytical thinking

Clear communication

Collaborative & independent work

Herramientas

Python

Bash/PowerShell

Descripción del empleo

Darktrace is seeking a Security Researcher to investigate emerging cyber threats and attacker behaviours, translating findings into improvements to our threat detection technology. You will work with teams across the business to turn research insights into actionable product enhancements.

The role emphasizes technical data analysis, scripting, and staying current with the evolving threat landscape, including AI-related security challenges. A collaborative, fast-paced environment awaits.