Threat Researcher (Public Facing)

Cisco Systems
Fulton, Maryland
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Job Description
Are you passionate about the changing threat landscape, love the challenge of understanding how the latest malware works, and can evangelize the risks and issues across a broad organization? Are you looking for a challenging position that will allow you to shape the future of security across the internet? Do you thrive on building a close-knit, highly-motivated team? Then join us! A successful candidate will work on a global team of senior security analysts focusing on the changing threat landscape and its effect on Cisco customers. This position requires a professional with a strong security software and threat analysis background that is capable of identifying and establishing the relationships and processes within and external to Cisco to build an investigative threat research structure and flow.

Essential Job Responsibilities

  • Promote Talos security thought leadership through media outreach and collaborative reporting.
  • Source and analyze data from available product sources across Cisco as well as externally from partners or other qualified third-parties.
  • Manage reporting and dissemination of security intelligence and research efforts
  • Act as principal investigator for internal and external research projects with intent to publish in peer-reviewed conferences and journals
  • Monitor, identify, and respond to timely security events
  • Hunt malware, EK, and other bad things across various data sets
  • Provide data driven insight for internal business intelligence and external communications with media, analysts and/or customers/stakeholders
  • Establish cross-departmental channels to facilitate collaborative research sharing for external reporting and internal business strategy
  • Liaison with key security initiatives and groups within the security industry to better establish Cisco as both a security thought leader and trusted partner
  • Will require up to 20% travel

Requirements

  • 5+ years direct and tightly integrated experience in security software or research industry
  • In depth understanding and knowledge of security
  • Proven ability to work with media/journalists/analysts/the security community
  • Significant body of peer-reviewed papers and invited talks
  • Strong data analytic skills
  • Ability to solve complex problems independently
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to track and manage numerous parallel activities
  • Ability to work on a remote team
  • Malware Analysis Experience: Static and dynamic analysis, Botnet tracking, malicious script analysis, reverse engineering.
  • Scripting Experience in several languages

Why Cisco Secure

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.
Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.
We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!
"Cisco Secure offers an environment that combines cutting-edge, mission-critical, technology with some of the brightest, most diverse set of people I've ever had the pleasure of working with." - Chief of Staff, Engineering
There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more here!

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Cisco Systems
Information Technology
Full Time
Onsite
Competitive
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2 years, 1 month ago