Senior Security Researcher - AI Threat Analysis (Remote)

CrowdStrike Inc.; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Job summary

CrowdStrike Inc. is seeking a highly skilled security researcher to analyze in-the-wild exploits, extend analysis frameworks, and contribute to adversary tracking. The role emphasizes defensive research, cross-team collaboration, and producing actionable intelligence.

Ideal candidates bring advanced reverse engineering, Python scripting, and exceptional writing abilities, with a focus on vulnerability exploitation techniques across Windows and other platforms. Remote work in the US is supported.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in exploitation techniques commonly seen in userspace and kernel exploits.
• Knowledge of network service exploitation techniques.
• Solid understanding of Windows operating systems.
• Familiarity with reverse engineering tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop tracking systems for cross-team adversary tracking based on exploitation behavior.
• Improve detection capabilities for exploits and malicious payloads.
• Identify opportunities to increase threat visibility using new data sources.
• Maintain detailed understanding of exploit internals via reverse engineering.
• Create automation tools to accelerate exploit analysis tasks.
• Produce high-quality threat intelligence reports with actionable guidance.
• Brief customers and collaborate across teams on mitigation strategies.

Skills

Exploitation techniques

Network exploitation

Windows OS knowledge

Reverse engineering

Python scripting

AI-assisted tools use

Technical writing

Team collaboration

Education

MA/MS in Computer Science

Job description

CrowdStrike Inc. is seeking a highly skilled security researcher to analyze in-the-wild exploits, extend analysis frameworks, and contribute to adversary tracking. The role emphasizes defensive research, cross-team collaboration, and producing actionable intelligence.

Ideal candidates bring advanced reverse engineering, Python scripting, and exceptional writing abilities, with a focus on vulnerability exploitation techniques across Windows and other platforms. Remote work in the US is supported.