Senior Threat Researcher - Exploit Analysis (Remote)

CrowdStrike; Alaska; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Wellness programs

Vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Office culture

EEO and benefits

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a seasoned security researcher for the Intelligence team to analyze in-the-wild exploits and track adversary activity. The role focuses on vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and developing signatures for crowdstrike-scale hunting.

The position emphasizes collaboration, technical writing, and rapid skill expansion in a mission-driven cybersecurity environment. Remote work is supported with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in exploitation techniques that are commonly seen in exploits for userspace and kernel-level vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of common network service exploitation techniques.
• Solid understanding of at least two operating system platforms, including Microsoft Windows.
• Familiarity with standard web-based exploitation vectors.
• Collaborative mindset, strong team player who enables others.
• Profound knowledge of reverse engineering tools and processes.
• Knowledge of programming and scripting languages, in particular Python.
• Ability to leverage AI-assisted tools to accelerate vulnerability research and exploit analysis.
• Experience using AI technologies to improve decision-making and efficiency.

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.
• Identify opportunities for increasing the visibility of threats, specifically exploits, using new data sources.
• Maintain a detailed understanding of the inner functioning of relevant exploits through reverse engineering.
• Develop tools to assist with the automation of exploit analysis tasks by extending analysis frameworks.
• Create a classification framework that aids attribution of intrusion activity based on vulnerabilities used.
• Contribute to active mitigation efforts with technical expertise.
• Develop host-based and network-based signatures for large-scale hunting, detection, and prevention of identified exploits.

Skills

Exploitation techniques

Network service exploitation

Windows expertise

Reverse engineering

Python

AI tooling

Threat intelligence writing

Collaboration

Technical writing

Education

MA/MS or equivalent in CS

Tools

Disassemblers

Debuggers

Decompilers

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a seasoned security researcher for the Intelligence team to analyze in-the-wild exploits and track adversary activity. The role focuses on vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and developing signatures for crowdstrike-scale hunting.

The position emphasizes collaboration, technical writing, and rapid skill expansion in a mission-driven cybersecurity environment. Remote work is supported with travel as needed.