Staff Cloud Security Researcher

SentinelOne, Inc.

United States

Remote

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

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ESPP

Competitive leave

Gender-neutral parental leave

Medical benefits

Pension

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Global home office allowance

Home office stipend

Meal allowance

Transportation allowance

Job summary

SentinelOne seeks a Staff Cloud Workload Security Researcher to join a global team spanning Windows, Linux, and macOS, covering Endpoint, Cloud, and Identity. You will research evasions against our sensors, map attacker tradecraft, and drive next-generation detection capabilities.

You will build tools, develop PoCs, and collaborate with threat intelligence and engineering teams to close gaps in detection and visibility, contributing to safer, autonomous protection across cloud environments.

Qualifications

4+ years in red teaming, security research, or offensive research.
Deep OS internals knowledge (Windows/Linux).
Hands-on coding in Python and C/C++.
Familiarity with cloud providers and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

Research evasions against SentinelOne sensors and emulate attacks to improve detection.
Analyze attack paths in cloud environments and across Windows/Linux/macOS.
Identify and prioritize vulnerabilities in cloud platforms.
Develop tools to support detection assessments and create PoCs.
Collaborate with threat intel and engineering teams to close gaps in detection and visibility.

Skills

Cloud attack path analysis

Vulnerability assessment

Threat modeling

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Python

C/C++

OS internals

EDR internals

Threat intelligence

Public speaking

Job description

Our Purpose

At SentinelOne, we are driven by a clear purpose: to give the advantage to those who secure our future. As AI reshapes how organizations build, operate, and innovate, the responsibility to protect them becomes more critical than ever. When you join SentinelOne, your work helps protect global enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the technologies shaping tomorrow. If you are motivated by meaningful challenges and want your impact to be real, measurable, and global, you will find purpose here.

About Us

SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Our AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to deliver autonomous detection and response with clarity and speed. By combining real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and a unified data foundation, we reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what truly matters.

Our teams are builders, problem-solvers, and innovators committed to shaping the future of security. If you are excited to solve hard problems alongside talented, mission-driven people, we invite you to help us build a safer future for humanity.

What Are We Looking For?

We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes.

As a Staff Cloud Workload Security Researcher, you will join a global team working across Windows, Linux, and macOS, spanning Endpoint, Cloud, and Identity. You will research evasions against our own sensors, track the offensive tooling landscape, and drive innovative research that anticipates the next generation of attacker tradecraft.

What Will You Do?

Primary responsibilities include:

Proactively look for the newest and most sophisticated attack techniques, deeply research and understand their internals, and emulate these attacks to assess and improve our detection engines.
Conduct comprehensive analysis of potential attack paths within diverse systems and networks in cloud environments.
Identify and prioritize potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses that could be exploited by cyber adversaries in cloud platforms.
Build tools to support detection assessments, create proofs of concept for the newest techniques, and contribute to the design of innovative detection strategies.
Work closely with the threat intelligence team and engineering detection teams to provide guidance and highlight gaps in detection and visibility capabilities.

What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring?

Ideal candidates will have:

Experience in cloud attack path analysis, vulnerability assessment, and threat modeling.
Familiarity with cloud services, Kubernetes, cloud architecture, and major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, and Azure).
In-depth understanding of the cloud ecosystem, security principles, services, configurations, best practices, and relevant frameworks.
4 or more years of experience in red teaming, security research, or offensive research, with a deep understanding of OS internals (Windows/Linux).
Hands-on experience coding in Python and C/C++.
Understanding of existing EDR internals.
Experience leveraging agentic AI workflows for detection engineering tasks (reverse engineering, code auditing, signature writing).
A proven track record of conference speaking at security conferences or publications is an advantage.
Experience writing detection signatures or heuristics is an advantage.

Why SentinelOne?

AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time, and SentinelOne was built for this moment. From day one, we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed, not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together, this is that place.

We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:

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