Cybersecurity Threat Researcher

Summary

Join KnowBe4's Threat Research Lab as a Cybersecurity Threat Researcher. You will deploy and configure various security products (endpoint, email, web, and network protection). Responsibilities include maintaining product inventory, recommending solutions, analyzing phishing emails and URLs, tracking phishing campaigns, and identifying trends. Requirements include a BS or MS in a related field with relevant experience, expertise in threat analysis, scripting for automation, and familiarity with YARA rules. You should be able to work with high volumes of data and collaborate effectively. KnowBe4 offers fantastic benefits including company-wide bonuses, referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition and certification reimbursement, and a relaxed dress code.

Requirements

• BS or equivalent plus 3 years experience
• MS or equivalent plus 1 year experience
• Well versed with IOCs, reverse engineering and threat campaign tracking
• Experience in malicious URL and phishing Email analysis
• Script enabled for scripting automations for handling huge volumes of threat artifacts like files, emails, URLs etc
• Email analysis skills to determine PHISHING, Clean and Spam emails
• Ability to identify PHISHING email campaigns
• Ability to work with high volume of emails for accurate email classification
• Expertise in static and dynamic analysis of URLs and Files
• Expertise in URL analysis for identification of PHISHING and scam URLs
• Well versed with creating Yara rules for email grouping and clustering
• Ability to automate daily email classification through automation and scripting
• Keep up to date with emerging threats & security technologies
• Ability to think analytically & work collaboratively

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, maintain various cybersecurity products in a lab environment. This includes endpoint, web, email and network protection products
• Maintains product inventory such as licenses, updates and multiple versions of the same
• Recommend solutions for security product deployment and configurations
• Analysis of PHISHING emails
• Analysis of malicious URLs and PHISHING URLs
• Tracking and identifying new and existing PHISHING campaigns
• Trend identification for latest phishing emails

Benefits

• Company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets
• Employee referral bonuses
• Adoption assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Certification reimbursement
• Certification completion bonuses
• A relaxed dress code