Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Summary

Join MixMode, a leader in AI cybersecurity, as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer! This part-time, temporary (3-month contract) role, based in Santa Barbara, CA or remote, involves shaping next-generation AI models. You will collaborate with AI engineers, integrate advanced logic into the AI engine, and support SOC roles. Leverage your cybersecurity expertise to research emerging threats, develop AI models, build attack datasets, and work with product management. This unique opportunity allows you to influence the future of cybersecurity by developing cutting-edge AI solutions.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in cybersecurity research, offensive and defensive capabilities, threat intelligence and/or incident response/reverse engineering. US Federal Government agency experience desired
• Experience with multiple Open Source and proprietary threat feeds
• Packet capture analysis and decoding skills
• Experience developing intel and curating threat feeds, including IDS signatures, YARA rules, JA3 signatures, and traditional IOCs
• Deep understanding of Linux/unix and Windows from an administrative and threat model perspective
• Research experience for publishing detailed analysis of malware, tactics, techniques, and procedures of adversaries
• Familiarity with various cybersecurity exploitation tools and methodologies, common malware families, and antivirus evasion techniques
• Comfortable working with software development teams
• Experience working in python and bash
• Excellent communication skills: able to articulate technical knowledge without technical jargon
• Experience with Scrum methodology
• Experience working with public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GPC etc.)
• Experience working with virtualized environments (VMWare, Hyper-V, etc.)
• Educated in technology and computer science. B.S. in technical degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintain continual posture of understanding, documenting and educating MixMode on the current threat landscape
• Research and discover emerging threats with a view towards helping craft MixMode’s approach to detect these threats
• Work closely with AI Engineers to develop a next-generation AI model that can support Threat Hunters in the field
• Work closely with MixMode’s AI Team to build realistic attack datasets that can be used to test and train MixMode’s AI
• Work closely with the MixMode Product Management team to develop approaches to detection that align with the evolving threat landscape
• Performing threat-hunting activities on customer datasets to uncover malicious activity that can be published as CVEs and intel
• Ability to present findings at conferences or events on research and interesting items in cyber security

Preferred Qualifications

Prior published CVEs and/or threat actor attribution experience a plus

Benefits

• Remote-First Work Culture
• Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Basic & Voluntary Life and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Paid Holidays & Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)