Principal Product Researcher

Summary

Join Huntress, a fully remote global cybersecurity team, as a Product Security Researcher. You will lead security capabilities, investigate Linux endpoint compromises, test attack paths, and develop solutions to counter evolving threats. Collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Security teams is crucial. This role requires expert knowledge of Linux, vulnerability exploitation, and security tools. Huntress offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, remote work, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of Linux distributions, eBPF, kernel modules, and audit frameworks
• Experience bypassing Linux EDR
• Experience building exploit proofs of concept (POC)
• Expert knowledge of Linux vulnerabilities & threats with the ability to emulate attacks
• Expert knowledge of Linux logs
• Expert knowledge of multi-tenant environments, especially supporting MSPs
• Linux systems administration knowledge
• Docker, Kubernetes knowledge

Responsibilities

• Lead the security Capabilities we bring to market, owning the layered defense strategy gained by combining multiple log sources
• Investigate Linux endpoint compromise to understand, document & combat attacker behavior
• Test attack paths. Hunt and solve for exploitation of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations
• Hack to FIX things. Know how to break in and devise innovative fixes. Discover how to protect against attacks
• Test exploitation of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and attack paths that result in developing reliable and weaponized Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploits for identified vulnerabilities
• Identify and prototype telemetry data that can be leveraged within Huntress to expand current prevention, hardening, and detection capabilities
• Analyze and reverse engineer software to discover security weaknesses and undocumented features
• Distinguish between suspicious and malicious events to reach the highest accuracy true positive rate
• Conduct research and development efforts to further threat detection and security posture
• Document research findings through technical write-ups, advisories, internal reports, and blogs
• Identify improvement opportunities in existing product features and explore new ones based on feedback from partners, prospects, peers, and industry publications
• Coordinate with Security, Product, and Engineering teams to integrate and operationalize solutions you develop
• Own & nurture the cross-department relationships critical to successful product delivery & launch
• Proven organizational and program management skills, with keen attention to detail and a sense of urgency to deliver an exceptional product under tight deadline pressures
• Eagerness to engage, report, and be accountable to executive stakeholders
• Passion to translate your expertise in nontechnical ways to deliver impactful security outcomes that protect the 99%
• Promote Huntress’ reputation through media interaction, public speaking, and blogs
• Educate the public on how to be security savvy in novel and fun ways

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with conducting searches and creating visualizations in Elastic and Kibana is a plus
• Experienced Cyber Network Operator, Computer Network Operator, Cyber Technical Operator Targeter or other similar career fields
• Red team experience, coursework, training, certifications
• Passion for the MSP community
• Security conference presenter
• Security community educator & advocate

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
• Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
• 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
• Life and Disability insurance plans
• Stock options for all full-time employees
• One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
• Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
• $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth