Senior Offensive Security Researcher

Summary

Join SentinelOne, a leader in cybersecurity, as an Offensive Security Researcher. You will proactively identify and analyze sophisticated attack techniques, build tools to assess detection, and collaborate with threat intelligence and engineering teams. This 100% remote role, based in Italy (EU work eligibility required), offers flexible hours and a comprehensive benefits package. You will contribute to protecting millions of endpoints globally and work with top researchers on cutting-edge projects. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in red teaming, offensive research, and malware analysis, along with strong coding skills in Python and C/C++. SentinelOne values its employees and provides a supportive, collaborative environment.

Requirements

• Multiple years of experience in Red Teaming / Security Research / Offensive Research with a deep understanding of OS internals (Windows/Linux)
• Hands-on experience with coding in Python and C/C++
• Deep understanding of the malware world (how malware operates, infamous families, evasion and exploitation techniques)

Responsibilities

• Proactively look for the newest and most sophisticated attack techniques, deeply research and understand their internals, and emulate these attacks to assess and improve our detection engines
• Build tools to support detection assessments, create proofs-of-concept for the newest techniques & exploits, and develop automation flows to automate unconventional attacks and offensive frameworks
• Work closely with our Threat-Intelligence team, and our research and engineering detection teams to provide guidance and highlight gaps in our detection and visibility capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in malware analysis (statically and dynamically) and reverse engineering (x86/x64)
• Understanding of existing AVs internals
• Experience writing detection signatures

Benefits

• Flexible working hours, this is a 100% remote role based within Italy
• Optionally for those willing to relocate to the Czech Republic relocation assistance is available for any candidates that are already eligible to work in the EU at the time of applying
• Generous employee stock plan in the form of RSUs (restricted stock units) grant not options; 4 years vesting with 1 year cliff and then quarterly, stock refresh yearly
• Yearly bonus depending on the performance of the company, paid out in 2 installments
• Quadro benefits - Private Medical, Life Insurance, Accident Insurance, Study funds and Healthcare benefits
• Flexible time off (up to 30 paid days off per annum!)
• Global gender-neutral Parental Leave (16 weeks, beyond the leave provided by the local laws) & Grandparent Leave
• Volunteering paid day off & Additional paid Company holidays off (e.g. 4 days in 2022)
• Global Employee Assistance Program (confidential counseling related to both personal and work life matters)
• Udemy Business platform for Hard/Soft skills Training, internal mentoring 'MentorOne' & Support for your further educational activities/trainings
• Above-standard referral bonus
• DEI&B programs that promote employee resource groups like SentinelWIN (Women Inclusion Network), Blk@S1, Latinos@S1, Pan-Asian@S1, Out@S1 (LGBTQIA+) and Sentinels Who Served
• & Aditional country-specific benefits to Italy