Senior Security Researcher, CrowdStrike

Salary not provided

+ Equity

AWS
Docker
Python
Go
Ansible
Windows
Senior level
Remote in UK
CrowdStrike

AI-native cybersecurity platform

Open for applications

CrowdStrike

AI-native cybersecurity platform

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDeep TechSaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Open for applications

Salary not provided

+ Equity

AWS
Docker
Python
Go
Ansible
Windows
Senior level
Remote in UK

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDeep TechSaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

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

  • As a remote employee on a team distributed across various time zones, you will not have direct access to all of your co-workers for the entire workday, so the ability to work unsupervised, communicate asynchronously, and take the initiative in maintaining lines of communication is important
  • In addition, we are looking for someone who would like to be part of a team who are passionate about their work and go the extra mile to exceed expectations
  • We love enthusiastic individuals who bring a positive attitude to their work and really care about what they produce for our internal customers
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent academic/work experience
  • Proficiency in at least one of these languages: Python, Go
  • Experience developing production-grade software
  • Knowledge of docker and container orchestration
  • Knowledge of malware sandboxing/analysis technologies and sandbox evasion techniques
  • Ability to communicate technical detail in a simple, top-down manner to both, management and customers
  • Ability to independently make sound, justifiable decisions and take action
  • Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work independently and meet deadlines
  • Ability to work on a geographically distributed and diverse team

Desirable

  • Familiarity with the AWS cloud ecosystem (e.g. EC2, S3, VPC, ECS)
  • Knowledge of Windows OS internals and virtualization with QEMU
  • Experience in binary reverse engineering
  • Experience creating scalable and well-documented HTTP APIs
  • Offensive information security experience, e.g. from capture-the-flag (CTF) competitions
  • Experience with Ansible and large-scale VM management

What the job involves

  • The CrowdStrike Intelligence team is looking for a motivated researcher with experience in the information security domain and software development skills to work on our dedicated Intelligence Automation team, building processing pipelines, information storage systems, and presentation layers in support of malware analysis pipelines, including static and dynamic sandboxing environments
  • The collection, processing, and exploration of malware samples and other information at a large scale is at the core of the Intelligence mission at CrowdStrike
  • The Intelligence Automation team is responsible for prototyping, building, and operating the systems that make up our Intelligence pipeline, and we'd like you to join us!
  • This position is at the intersection of threat analysis and software development
  • It serves an important role in increasing our visibility into the global threat landscape, and contributes to the continuous tracking of more than a hundred adversary groups
  • You will mainly use Go and Python to maintain and improve our world-class malware processing pipeline technology as well as downstream data integration and processing systems in a fast-paced Intelligence environment
  • In this environment, requirements sometimes shift rapidly, and projects can live anything from weeks to years depending on changes in the surrounding ecosystem
  • You will be responsible for all aspects of the software you design, from documentation to deployment to production, and will interact regularly with your internal customers to gather requirements, solicit feedback, and validate your results
  • When encountering problems or bugs you will use your debugging skills, including binary reverse-engineering, to determine the root cause and mitigate the issue
  • Integrate into the Intelligence team and gather requirements from Intelligence Analysts and Technical Analysts as internal customers
  • Develop and maintain a large-scale malware analysis pipeline
  • Develop detection content for the analysis pipeline to extend coverage of new threats in collaboration with various analyst teams
  • Autonomously make choices about implementation details, as well as the right
  • Balance between rapid development, scalability, and performance
  • Continuously improve an extensive existing Go/Python codebase

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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back within 2 weeks

20% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Jun 2018

$200m

SERIES E

Oct 2017

$25m

SERIES D

Total funding: $481.3m

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

Leadership

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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