Research Engineer

The role

You will analyze emerging security threats and reproduce them in a lab environment. You will develop prevention logic based on proprietary security engines to protect enterprises.

What you will do

• Research and analyze new threats
• Develop product content such as IPS signatures and logic
• Enhance product accuracy and threat detection
• Monitor and analyze work to maintain 0 false positive rate
• Utilize Cato Data Warehouse with big data technologies

Required qualifications

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in the cybersecurity industry
• Excellent knowledge of networking architecture and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL, HTTP, SMB, etc.)
• Understand the cyber-security landscape and common attack scenarios
• Hands-on experience with Wireshark and PCAP analysis
• Experience with at least one scripting language, such as Python or PowerShell
• Analytic spirit to define and validate a thesis based on technical facts
• Excellent English and communication skills
• Team player, responsible, independent, and well-organized
• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Information technology or Mathematics

Nice to have

• Experience with signature development for IPS and Firewall

About the company

Cato Networks is the converged network and security cloud for the AI era. The company provides a unified, cloud-native platform to prioritize risks and stop threats.