Senior Threat Researcher

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 2500000 - Rs 3500000 (ie INR 25-35 LPA)
Min Experience: 4 years
Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time

About the role

Our client's Threat Research Lab is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Threat Researcher to lead advanced threat analysis and support the deployment of cybersecurity solutions in a lab environment. This role demands a deep understanding of threat intelligence, email and URL analysis, and automation scripting for large-scale threat data processing.

You are an ideal match if you have hands-on experience in researching on phishing analysis/ email analysis/ email security, malware analysis and reverse engineering and URLs, scripting for automation, and configuring cybersecurity tools (email, web, endpoint, network) in a lab environment.

Requirements:

• BE/B.Tech/MS with 4 to 7 years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of IOCs, reverse engineering, and threat campaign tracking
• Proven experience in researching & analyzing malicious URLs and phishing emails (Must have)
• Proficient in scripting for automating the analysis of large volumes of threat artifacts (files, emails, URLs)
• Background in system design, implementation, and hardening
• Expertise in distinguishing phishing, spam, and clean emails
• Ability to identify trends in phishing campaigns and contribute to threat intelligence content (blogs/posts)
• Experience in high-volume email classification with high accuracy
• Skilled in static and dynamic analysis of URLs and files
• Advanced capabilities in identifying phishing/scam URLs
• Experience with YARA rule creation for email grouping and clustering
• Automation-focused, with scripting proficiency to support daily threat analysis
• Collaborate with automation engineering teams, contributing insights from the threat landscape
• Stay current with the latest security threats and technologies

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy, configure, and maintain cybersecurity solutions (endpoint, web, email, and network protection) within a lab environment
• Monitor emerging threats and evolving security technologies
• Recommend and implement configurations for optimal security product performance
• Manage licensing and product updates
• Coordinate efforts across functional teams and serve as lead on major projects
• Define operational goals and lead execution