PrincipalSenior Linux Security Researcher (Cortex)

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Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior/Principal Linux Security Researcher for our Tel Aviv R&D center to advance our Cortex-XDR Agent for the Linux platform which provides runtime protection to servers and cloud this role you will be a key member of a team responsible for researching developing and improving our Anti-Exploit and Anti-Malware capabilities. Your work will involve deep exploration of OS internals exploits malware delving into cloud security and finding ways to mitigate new attack vectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Research develop and improve state-of-the-art endpoint security solutions focused on comprehensive prevention. This includes broad defense against attack classes like malware and exploits spanning from low-level mitigations to application-level security

• Research Linux OS internals kernel application codebases vulnerabilities malware and exploits

• Respond to security events coming from customers in the context of malware and exploitation prevention

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of some operating system internals is a must - Knowledge of Linux is an advantage

• Development experience in C/C/Rust is a must 3 years at least

• Experience in security research - 3 years at least

• Experience in reverse engineering - both static and dynamic is a must (x86/64 architectures) 3 years at least

• Development knowledge in some scripting languages is a must - Experience with Python is an advantage

• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to take initiative

Preferred Qualifications

• Exploitation experience is an advantage (either application-level security or memory corruption)

• Familiarity with Kubernetes containers and cloud workload security.

• Experience leading endpoint security projects across organizational boundaries and teams

• Academic experience

• Published security research conference presentations or CVEs.

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