Senior Threat Researcher, Sophos
Detection Engineer, MacOS
CA$107-179k
Plus bonus eligibility
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
Job no longer available
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$107-179k
Plus bonus eligibility
1001+ employees
Company mission
To develop powerful and intuitive products and services that provide the world's most effective cybersecurity for organizations of any size.
Role
Who you are
- Strong knowledge of MacOS operating system, internals & forensic tools
- Programming experience, Python/Lua
- Excellent grasp of MITRE Att&ck tactics, techniques & simulation
- Familiar with computational cost analysis & problem solving to minimize impact
- Bachelor degree in Computer Software (Computer Security preferable)
- Big data experience, Elastic Search, Kibana, Redshift
What the job involves
- Threat hunter? Programmer? Data-driven? We have a fantastic opportunity here at Sophos Labs for a Threat Researcher to join our global team of behavior-based detection engineers, to hunt, to research, and to add real-time detection for suspicious activity across our customer environments
- Our team of skilled security experts combine their passion to detect & disrupt cyber-attacks with their capability to develop classification rules that can cut through the noise in modern computing environments to tease out attacker’s nefarious activities
- You are intrinsically motivated to understand the core logic behind malware and hacking attacks, to find & predict new ways attackers will modify their techniques and take great satisfaction in developing robust detection logic that is immune to evasive actions
- You will be responsible for writing rules that are able to signal early to late-breaking IOCs that highlight customers under attack, which are the foundation of Sophos next-gen approach
- Above all - you enjoy thinking creatively; combining your deep technical knowledge, your tenacity for innovation, and your can-do attitude to solve complex and challenging problems on a daily basis
- Understand malware kill chain & hands-on-keyboard attacks
- Accurate & efficient classification of malicious & suspicious behavior
- Mapping IOCs to MITRE Att&ck matrix
- Author classification rules, for both Endpoint & Cloud scenarios, to identify malicious & suspicious use of TTPs
- Analyze real-world kill chains to discover new TTPs and gaps in coverage
- Measure and tune TTP coverage through data mining, customer telemetry & internal sandbox feeds
- Build & maintain playbooks on threat actor TTPs
Our take
Due to the fast-evolving nature of cybercrime, companies can struggle to keep their security up-to-date and resilient. Sophos provides managed cybersecurity services to identify and resolve cyberthreats within all sizes of organisations, combining cutting edge cybersecurity tech with expert support teams.
Leveraging AI and machine learning, Sophos' system automates the detection and blocking of over 99% of threats, meaning its analysts only have to hunt down and stop the most sophisticated attackers. As well as its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) product - which, serving over 15,000 customers, is the most-used on the market - the company also delivers Incident Response Services for those experiencing an active threat.
Sophos is not a new player in the cybersecurity space, but has demonstrated its dedication to innovation with continued product launches, updates, and acquisitions such as that of BAE spinout SOC.OS that have kept its tech at the front of the market. Alongside many of its peers, the effects of the economic climate have caused Sophos to cut staff as it focusses on achieving “the optimal balance of growth and profitability", but this recent hiccup does not take away from its position as a market leader continuously leading adaption in the space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$2.7m
SEED
Total funding: $2.7m
Company benefits
- Remote-first working model & hybrid options
- We encourage teams to get together in person periodically to help facilitate teamwork
- Flexible start and end times for many roles
- Leadership development program
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Global internal coaching program (Coach Match)
- Periodic Sophos wellness days off for all Sophos to help employees relax and recharge
- Global wellbeing program, which offers a range of wellbeing resources, including Sophos Wellbeing Webinars, Stress Management Toolkits, and Developing Resilience Courses
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential advice and counseling on a wide range of work and personal issues
- Free annual subscription to the Calm app
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave & bereavement/compassion leave available
- We host some unforgettable social experiences for our global teams including our music festival SOPH-Fest, go-karting, Sophmudder, and incredible holiday parties!
- Our annual global fitness challenge, SOPH-Fit, sees thousands of employees taking part in our virtual global race around the world
- Each quarter, we celebrate our exceptional global team by running the Sophos Values Awards, which recognizes and rewards employees who embody the Sophos values and who we are as a company
- Health care benefits available worldwide
Company HQ
Abingdon, UK
Leadership
Kris Hagerman
(CEO, not founder)Former CEO of Corel Corporation, who previously served as Group President of Data Center Management at Symantec. Was also Executive VP and GM of Storage and Server Management at Veritas Software, as well as CEO and Founder of both Bigbook and Affinia.
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