Staff Security Research Engineer

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About Us

We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. Were driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

Your day-to-day

• Design and develop software using a variety of languages, primarily Python, with little external guidance, while providing technical leadership to guide other software engineers on the team
• Some skill in modifying existing web-based UI for internal tools is needed to maintain and extend the sandbox submission and report UI for Proofpoint threat researchers to use
• Some work requires skill in writing C or C++ for low level interactions with the OS
• Develop and maintain web browser interaction capabilities using Chrome web driver
• Analyze and Reverse Engineer JavaScript that fingerprints web browser artifacts to identify sandbox web browsers or instrumentation, and innovate solutions to defeat those checks
• Familiarity with analyzing web front-end and the Document Object Model (DOM)
• Develop and maintain software for processing network traffic, including TLS decryption and processing PCAP files
• Work closely with threat analysts and detection engineers who research threat actors and write detection rules which run on the systems you develop
• As needed, create new detection languages and systems that allow threat researchers to develop detection rules
• Add features to existing threat detection languages to allow greater flexibility by threat researchers to automate interactions with websites and detect threat patterns
• Make use of AI Large Language Models as appropriate to enhance threat detection pipelines, produce samples to test evasion countermeasures, and make sound decisions about when applying AI is a benefit vs. a detriment to achieving goals
• Design and develop automation pipelines to turn manual tasks into automated scripts
• Stay abreast of a constantly evolving threat landscape
• Understand the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures used by threat actors to bypass detection environments, especially URL sandbox fingerprinting / detection / evasion techniques used by threat actors
• As needed, provide expert assistance and support to threat researchers and analysts as they analyze phishing websites, threat detection evasion techniques, and security research or red team demonstrations of new evasion techniques
• As needed to support sandbox countermeasure development, reverse engineering malware executable files for Windows (note primary malware reverse engineering responsibilities rest on other job roles and are not expected regularly for this role).
• Apply critical thinking skills to identify the most efficient and effective way to mitigate threats and evasions
• Work effectively as part of a remote team using chat, video chat and conference calls
• Work with other engineering teams, defining requirements, for continuous improvement of critical detection capabilities

What You Bring To The Team

As a Security Research Engineer on Proofpoints Threat Research team, youll be part of an amazing, collaborative, industry-leading team focused on tracking threat actors, malware, phishing, and TTPs and responding to the quickly changing threat landscape with innovative software that detects and prevents threats from reaching Proofpoint customers. If you enjoy keeping abreast of and analyzing attacker techniques, malware and phishing campaigns, and using that knowledge to counteract those threats with innovative software solutions, then this is the role for you.

The following skills and experience are nice to have, but candidates lacking them should still apply

Additional Information

Why Proofpoint

As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoints amazing culture!

Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons youll love working with us

Our Culture

Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@. How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here https / / . We cant wait to hear from you!

Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and / or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.

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