Senior Security Researcher, CrowdStrike
Cloud Security
CA$130-210k
+ Equity
More information about location
AI-native cybersecurity platform
Open for applications
AI-native cybersecurity platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$130-210k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
CrowdStrike is on a mission to stop breaches. Its purpose is to provide safety and security to some of the world’s largest, most influential companies and, by extension, the billions of people around the world who use their services.
Role
Who you are
- Proven expertise in security research, methodologies, technologies, and tools
- Minimum of 5 years in security research, preferably Cloud infrastructure and Linux
- Experience with cloud-native services, infrastructure, and environments
- Experience with threat research and misconfiguration identification
- Comprehensive knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their security features
- Python, golang, and shell scripting experience
- Experience with large scale data analysis
- Comprehensive knowledge of Kubernetes, docker, podman, and similar containerization and orchestration technologies
- Familiarity with cloud automation and orchestration tools for optimizing security processes
- Experience in publishing security research papers and conference talks
- Experience in malware analysis and reverse engineering - experience with Linux malware and ELF reverse engineering is a plus
- Excellent conceptual thinking and communication skills, capable of conveying complex ideas effectively
- Technical knowledge of network, operating systems (mainly Linux) and data platform security
- Good problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills
What the job involves
- The CrowdStrike Cloud Content team is an integral part of the Content Product Group, tasked with the critical mission of safeguarding cloud environments through innovative detection and response capabilities
- This specialized team comprises cloud security experts, researchers, and engineers in various time zones working in unison to ensure our customers’ cloud workloads are secure against the ever-changing threats in the security landscape
- As a senior researcher on the team, you will play a pivotal role in conducting security research, and translating it to direct security value for the company and product
- This role provides a unique opportunity to join a team with strategic importance to protecting our customers from emerging threats and novel attack methodologies in both cloud and Linux based environments
- You will stay ahead of the curve with regards to the threat landscape and your research will directly impact the direction of the team and our product
- You will also get to work with vast datasets, have a direct impact on the efficacy and evolution of our detections, and play a decisive role in the strategic direction of our product development
- Your contributions will enable continuous improvement of CrowdStrike’s cloud detection capabilities ensuring that our customers can be secured with the most advanced security measures in place
- Initiate and conduct Cloud Research Initiatives: follow the threat landscape to identify trends in the realm of cloud infrastructure security, threat actors, novel attack approaches, and vulnerabilities in cloud-based and/or cloud-native environments and workloads
- Conduct cutting edge research in the areas of Linux security (low level and high level operating system research) and become an authoritative source of knowledge in the team
- Research threats and vulnerabilities in cloud provider infrastructure and containerized applications and workloads
- Develop advanced cloud security models: Create sophisticated models and frameworks for identifying and mitigating new types of cloud threats. Focus on predictive analytics and proactive threat hunting methodologies
- Collaborate with cross functional teams: Work closely with various teams, including engineering, product management, detection engineering, and threat intelligence to drive cloud detections in the Crowdstrike falcon platform
- Provide cloud security thought leadership: Share insights and best practices with the broader security community through publications, conference presentations, and technical blogs
Our take
Since CrowdStrike was founded by a trio of former McAfee executives in 2011, it’s grown into a thousands-strong, NASDAQ-listed company. With customers including Verizon, Deloitte, and Goldman Sachs, it’s considered one of the world’s top enterprise cybersecurity vendors along with the likes of Cisco, IBM, and Palo Alto Networks.
One of the reasons behind CrowdStrike's continued success is its ability to keep pace with the evolving tech market, for instance with its Generative AI security analyst that leverages recent developments in AI. Although not immune to the slowdown of the global economy, the company's modular design has given it the upper hand, allowing clients to consolidate their security spend with CrowdStrike instead of selecting packages from multiple vendors at a higher overall cost.
With long-term demand for cybersecurity products growing, and its reputation as strong as ever, CrowdStrike shows no signs of slowing down. It has partnered with Ignition Technology to double down on its UK presence, and continues to be a voice in the wider market through its "Falcon Fund" investment vehicle and position as a founding member of NIST's Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC).
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2018
$200m
SERIES E
Oct 2017
$25m
SERIES D
Total funding: $482m
Company benefits
- Competitive Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive Health Benefits
- Parental & Fertility Assistance
- Remote-first culture
- Health & Wellness Programs
- Professional Development
- Executive Coaching & Mentorship
- Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration
- Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
Company values
- Automony
- Flexibility
- Trust
Company HQ
Heritage District, Sunnyvale, CA
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Founders
George Kurtz
(President & CEO)Founded security software company Foundstone in 1999, operating as CEO until McAfee's $90m acquisition in 2004. Spent the next seven years at McAfee in a number of executive roles including SVP of Enterprise and CTO.
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