Senior Cloud Security Researcher - Kubernetes & Cloud-Native

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a senior security researcher to advance cloud-native security across Kubernetes, containers and hybrid cloud environments. You will contribute to an innovative startup-level product within the world’s largest security company, applying cutting-edge research to practical detection and response challenges.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in security research, strong Python skills, and experience with cloud workloads and data analytics.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security research or equivalent.
• Strong focus on cloud-native security (Kubernetes, containers, or major clouds).
• Experience with detection/response products (XDR/EDR/ CWPP).
• Excellent communication and cross-team alignment.
• Proficient coding/scripting in Python.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a security research team defending hybrid/cloud environments.
• Lead research initiatives to uncover novel detection techniques.
• Prioritize use cases, datasets and analytic approaches.
• Stay current on attacker methods and TTPs for cloud/native threats.
• Perform deep behavioral analysis to validate detection content.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and GTM to deliver security solutions.
• Share insights with the security community via blogs and talks.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud security

Python

Threat detection

Tools

XDR/EDR tooling

BigQuery

Data pipelines

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a senior security researcher to advance cloud-native security across Kubernetes, containers and hybrid cloud environments. You will contribute to an innovative startup-level product within the world’s largest security company, applying cutting-edge research to practical detection and response challenges.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in security research, strong Python skills, and experience with cloud workloads and data analytics.