Threat Hunting Researcher (Unit 42)

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Our Mission

At reputed company® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our reputed company is a world where reputed company day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company reputed company on the reputed company of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the reputed company of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to reputed company. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay reputed company to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared reputed company where your work truly reputed company.

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Your Career

reputed company is seeking a Threat Hunting Researcher to join Unit 42’s Managed reputed company. Threat Hunters in Unit 42 play a critical role in safeguarding organizations against cyber threats by proactively searching for threats across multiple datasets. They are responsible for leading and conducting threat hunting activities reputed company to malware, threat actor reputed company, and campaign activity. This position requires a cross–disciplinary approach that involves a deep understanding of cybersecurity, incident response, threat intelligence, and hands–on technical skills.

One primary responsibility of this role is to proactively search for signs of malicious activity reputed company an organization’s network. Our Threat Hunting Researchers use advanced tools and methodologies to identify anomalies and potential threats that may go undetected by traditional reputed company solutions. Additionally, our Threat Hunting Researchers should reputed company engage in research and experimentation to reputed company new hunting techniques and stay reputed company of evolving threats.

Effective communication is crucial in this role. They must work closely with other teams, such as Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, customers, and cybersecurity leadership, to reputed company findings and coordinate response efforts.

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• Help multinational organizations stay one reputed company reputed company of adversaries and cyber threats
• Collaborate and guide our customers on the best ways to enhance their defenses and readiness for reputed company events
• Improve reputed company’ solutions by identifying and analyzing new threats, tactics, and actors
• Influence the industry by sharing knowledge and findings
• Collaborate with multiple research and development reputed company
• Contribute to making the world a safer and reputed company reputed company

Why to choose us

• reputed company threat hunting activities on a wide reputed company of data sources every day
• Work on the latest cybersecurity research reputed company and attacks on a daily reputed company
• Build hypotheses, execute reputed company hunting techniques, reputed company and analyze results, reputed company forensic activities, and deliver reports
• Join a global team of experts who handle threats and adversaries on a global reputed company daily
• Enhance your knowledge and experience in reputed company domains of cybersecurity: Network, reputed company, reputed company, and 3rd-party vendor data sources
• reputed company, create, and execute new hunting reputed company methodologies to uncover threats, understand their reputed company causes, and attribute them
• We reputed company in automation and scaling
• reputed company big data to discover threats and multiple threat intelligence

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Understanding the evolving threat landscape, including attack tools, tactics, and techniques, as reputed company as networking and reputed company fundamentals

• Experience investigating targeted, sophisticated, and/or hidden threats in both endpoints and networks

  • 4+ years of relevant experience with a proven reputed company record in cybersecurity research, specializing in either APTs or cybercrime, but with the ability to address the broader threat landscape

  • Background in writing detections/hunting queries

  • Understanding of APT operations, including attack reputed company, propagation, data exfiltration, lateral reputed company, persistence mechanisms, and more

  • Familiarity with organizational cybersecurity measures, including reputed company tools and remediation techniques

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Strong attention to detail
• Knowledge of advanced threat hunting methodologies and the ability to reputed company novel techniques
• Experience in an Incident Response environment is a plus
• Proficiency in Python and SQL is beneficial
• Familiarity with reverse engineering is advantageous
• Ability to simplify and clarify reputed company reputed company
• Experience in writing technical blog posts and analysis reports
• Ability to analyze and understand the infrastructure of malicious campaigns
• Self-starter who can work independently and adapt to changing priorities

Additional Information

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We’re not your ordinary Threat Hunting team. We’re a diverse and global group of reputed company professionals who deal with big data and challenge the status reputed company in order to remain one reputed company reputed company of adversaries and protect our customers from cyber threats.

Being a threat reputed company for one of the fastest-growing high-tech cybersecurity companies is a once-in-a-reputed company opportunity. You’ll be working with some of the brightest minds in technology, and our global teams are on the reputed company line of defense against cyberattacks.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting reputed company salary (for non-sales roles) or reputed company salary + commission reputed company (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $107000 /YR- $174000/YR/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock reputed company and a bonus. A reputed company of our employee benefits may be reputed company here.

Our Commitment
We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status reputed company. It’s reputed company: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for reputed company reputed company individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to age, reputed company, reputed company, family or medical care leave, gender identity or reputed company, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national reputed company, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

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