Threat Researcher, Sophos
Detection Engineer, Windows OS/Mac OS
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
Open for applications
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
1001+ employees
Open for applications
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
- 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
- Strong knowledge of Windows or MAC operating system, internals & forensic tools
- Demonstrated programming experience. Preferred: Python, Lua, RegEx and/or SQL
- Excellent grasp of MITRE ATT&CK tactics, techniques & procedures in order to create 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
- SDLC or CI/CD Knowledge is a plus
- Bachelor’s degree in computer software (Computer Security preferable) or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- We have a fantastic opportunity here at Sophos Labs for a Threat Researcher to join our global team of behaviour-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 detect malicious activities across all types of TTP (even if a Mitre Technique doesn’t exist yet)
- This is the foundation of Sophos next-gen approach
- Understand malware kill chain and lifecycle & hands-on-keyboard attacks
- Mapping TTPs to MITRE ATT&CK matrix
- Accurate & efficient classification of malicious & suspicious behaviour
- Author classification rules, for both Endpoint & Cloud scenarios, to identify malicious & suspicious use of TTPs
- Analyse 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.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
36% female employees
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$2.6m
SEED
Total funding: $2.6m
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 values
- Simplicity: We strive to embrace design, automation, and re-engineering across our products and business operations. We aim to create instinctive next-gen products that provide IT professionals with exactly what they need to do their jobs efficiently and effectively.
- Empowerment: We support and enable people to do great work. We trust people to take ownership, to take smart risks, and to deliver results. We encourage people to take action, to seek knowledge, and to question actions inconsistent with our mission, values, or principles.
- Passion: We care intensely about our success and our impact. We maintain high standards and continuously strive to improve. We inspire others.
- Innovation: We stay at the forefront and advance the boundaries of what is possible. If we fail, we do it quickly, learn, share the lessons learned, and move forward. We always seek better approaches to what we do.
- Authenticity: We are genuine, transparent, and honest. We admit our mistakes and strive to remain self-aware. We say what we think, even if it might be difficult.
Company HQ
Abingdon, UK
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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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