Senior Security Researcher: Exploit Analysis & Threat Intel

CrowdStrike; Las Vegas (NV); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Wellness programs

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a highly skilled security researcher to analyze in-the-wild exploits and contribute to adversary tracking. The role focuses on defensive analysis, reverse engineering, and developing tools to automate exploit analysis tasks.

Location: Remote with potential travel. Requires strong writing ability and experience with vulnerability research, Python, and signature development for detection and mitigation. Join a mission-driven team at CrowdStrike to stop breaches.

Qualifications

• MA/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field.
• Excellent writing skills are mandatory.
• Proficiency in exploitation techniques commonly seen in exploits for userspace and kernel-level vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Implement tracking systems for adversary tracking based on exploitation behavior.
• Improve detection capabilities for exploits and malicious payloads.

Skills

Exploitation techniques

Network service exploitation

Reverse engineering

Python programming

AI-assisted tooling

Education

MA/MS or equivalent in CS

Tools

Disassemblers

Debuggers

Decompilers

Snort signatures

YARA signatures

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a highly skilled security researcher to analyze in-the-wild exploits and contribute to adversary tracking. The role focuses on defensive analysis, reverse engineering, and developing tools to automate exploit analysis tasks.

Location: Remote with potential travel. Requires strong writing ability and experience with vulnerability research, Python, and signature development for detection and mitigation. Join a mission-driven team at CrowdStrike to stop breaches.