Sr. Security Research Engineer

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Security Research Engineer to join Proofpoint's Threat Research team. In this highly technical role you will track threat actors, malware, phishing, and TTPs to develop static and dynamic signatures that detect and prevent threats on a massive scale. Your work will directly impact the efficacy of Proofpoint products, the quality of its intelligence, and the protection of our customers.

Your day-to-day responsibilities

• Stay abreast of an evolving threat landscape, including credential phishing.
• Analyze malware, malicious documents, and URLs from internal and external sources.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of email messages to detect and classify threats such as BEC, phishing, and other malicious campaigns.
• Apply critical thinking to identify efficient mitigation strategies.
• Develop, test, and deploy static and / or behavioral signatures to counter threats.
• Prioritize and fill coverage gaps for relevant threats to minimize customer impact.
• Be on rotation for on-call to respond to customer escalations that cannot be handled by support.
• Collaborate remotely using chat, video, and conference calls.
• Work with engineering teams to define requirements and improve detection capabilities.

What you bring to the team (Qualifications)

Additional Information

Compensation

Competitive base pay plus variable compensation and / or equity. Base pay varies by geographic location.

Base Pay Ranges

Equal Opportunity Statement

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer; we hire without consideration for race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

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