Security Researcher (Detection Systems)

The role

You will architect and build comprehensive threat detection capabilities for a next-gen security platform. You will also develop research systems and tools to deliver scalable threat coverage.

What you will do

• Develop advanced threat detection capabilities in the next-gen security operation platform.
• Research emerging threats, adversary tactics, and sophisticated attack techniques to design and implement end-to-end detection coverage.
• Build and enhance research systems focused on threat analysis, advanced persistent threat (APT) simulation, cyber threat intelligence (CTI), and security knowledge graph.
• Partner with data scientists to develop agentic AI workflows, security-focused models and training datasets for cybersecurity use cases.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience on building large-scale threat analysis and detection solutions across security logs, malware, network traffic, web page and vulnerability exploitation, and/or a Ph.D. in Comput
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following areas: threat hunting, malware analysis and sandboxing, vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering, offensive security, or penetration tests.
• Deep understanding on modern attacks and evasion techniques, malware behaviors and countermeasures, MITRE ATT&CK framework, cyber kill chain/TTPs.
• Strong proficiency in Python programming.
• Great passion for security research.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Nice to have

• System programming with C/C++/Rust/Go is a big plus.
• Participation in Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions, contributions to open-source security projects, vulnerability disclosures (CVEs), attack campaign research, technical blogs, or security research
• Experience working as a SOC analyst, detection engineer, red team, blue team member, or security researcher within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of modern operating system internals, system APIs, and security products such as EDR/XDR, SOC platforms, firewall, IDS/IPS, or related security technologies.
• Familiarity with cyber threat intelligence, attack causality analysis, provenance-based intrusion detection systems, and advanced threat detection methodologies.
• Experience developing machine learning models for security detection use cases and applying LLMs or agentic AI to accelerate security research, analysis, and detection workflows.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package

Before you apply

• Requires access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
• Employment is conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these laws without sponsorship for an export license.

About the company

cylake-inc is a small team building the next generation of cybersecurity products from the ground up, led by industry veterans.