Staff Threat Research Engineer

Sumologic

Remote
Base: $162,000 - $190,000; bonus/equity: not speci...
Fully remote
Threat intelligence and research
Detection content development
Cloud security environments
Sumo Logic is seeking a Staff Threat Research Engineer to enhance their cybersecurity offerings by transforming threat intelligence into actionable detection strategies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cybersecurity, particularly in threat research and detection engineering, and will thrive in a collaborative, hands-on environment

Job Summary

  • Threat Labs’ mission is to keep our customers safe from cybersecurity attacks by advancing the art and science of detection.
  • Conduct and lead both applied and original threat research, transforming intelligence, telemetry, and investigation into actionable detection logic for the Sumo Logic SIEM.
  • Contribute to the security community through blogs, conference talks, open source projects, and public research contributions.

Matching Summary

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Sumo Logic is seeking a Staff Threat Research Engineer to enhance their cybersecurity offerings by transforming threat intelligence into actionable detection strategies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cybersecurity, particularly in threat research and detection engineering, and will thrive in a collaborative, hands-on environment.

Salary

Base: $162,000 - $190,000; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Threat intelligence and research
  • Detection content development
  • Cloud security environments
  • AI and ML security
  • Malware analysis
  • Infrastructure tracking

Nice-to-have

  • Offensive security tools familiarity
  • Scripting and automation
  • Community engagement
  • AI/ML for detection lifecycle

Key Requirements

  • 12+ years cybersecurity experience
  • Senior SOC analyst/threat hunter/purple team
  • Incident responder/detection engineer
  • Demonstrated threat research to detection
  • Original threat research experience
  • Major public clouds experience
  • AI infrastructure attack techniques

Work Rights

Must be authorized to work in the United States

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