Senior Exploit & Threat Researcher (Remote)

CrowdStrike; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Professional development

Paid time off

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a skilled security researcher to analyze in-the-wild exploits, reverse engineer threats, and develop actionable intelligence for defense. This role focuses on exploiting techniques across userspace and kernel exploits, with emphasis on AI-assisted tooling and rapid knowledge expansion, reporting to CrowdStrike Intelligence.

The position is remote, with occasional travel, and offers opportunities to influence threat mitigation and product development across teams.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in exploitation techniques commonly seen in userspace and kernel-level exploits.
• Knowledge of common network service exploitation techniques.
• Solid understanding of at least two operating system platforms, including Windows.
• Familiarity with standard web-based exploitation vectors.
• Excellent writing skills are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Implement tracking systems that inform cross-team adversary tracking efforts based on observed exploitation behavior.
• Improve and maintain capabilities for detecting exploits, malicious payloads and other potential attack vectors using existing data sources.
• Develop tools to assist with the automation of exploit analysis tasks by extending static and dynamic analysis frameworks.
• Create a classification framework that aids attribution of intrusion activity based on vulnerabilities used and characteristics in observed exploits.
• Develop host-based and network-based signatures suited for large-scale hunting, detection, and prevention of identified exploits.
• Contribute to active mitigation efforts with technical expertise.

Skills

Python

Reverse engineering

Malware analysis

Exploitation techniques

Education

MA/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Disassemblers

Debuggers

Decompilers

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a skilled security researcher to analyze in-the-wild exploits, reverse engineer threats, and develop actionable intelligence for defense. This role focuses on exploiting techniques across userspace and kernel exploits, with emphasis on AI-assisted tooling and rapid knowledge expansion, reporting to CrowdStrike Intelligence.

The position is remote, with occasional travel, and offers opportunities to influence threat mitigation and product development across teams.