Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity, dedicated to protecting users and their data. As a Sr. Security Research Engineer, you will contribute to the Threat Research team by developing tools for tracking and analyzing threats, directly impacting the effectiveness of Proofpoint's security products.
Responsibilities:
- Stay abreast of a constantly evolving threat landscape and modern tech stacks needed to support research
- Work in partnership with threat researchers to design and implement tools and systems which enable their ability to track, contextualize, and report on malicious activity
- Liaison with other engineering units within Proofpoint to ensure stakeholder requirements are communicated and as a consultant to help those units understand the needs of a security-focused end-user constituency
- Work effectively as part of a remote team using chat, video chat, and conference calls
Requirements:
- Passion for threat research and a well-rounded understanding of the threat landscape
- Ability to understand the threat researcher's needs, transform them into consistent & efficient system requirements and implement them
- Experience developing tooling in a variety of programming languages, but predominantly Python
- Experience integrating existing tooling into comprehensive systems which are deployable to a distributed team (devOps, architecture)
- Experience working with large datasets and associated tools and libraries, such as relational databases, AWS, Splunk, Pandas, Jupyter, etc
- Self-directed and accountable
- Outstanding communication skills and the ability to present complex technical topics to a variety of internal stakeholders
- Understanding of malware analysis fundamentals, for example interpreting the results of sandbox analysis
- Experience with LLM and agent/agentic framework development and support
- Prior experience tracking threat actors and/or malware families
- Experience performing the above in a fully remote environment