Senior Threat Behavior Researcher (Romania)

Sophos
Romania
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Analytical","Problem-solving"]

Join a global Sophos Labs team as a Threat Researcher focused on behavioral protection. You will analyze Windows threats, develop behavioral rules for hands-on keyboard attacks, malware payloads, and APTs, produce threat reports, assist sandbox improvements, and train junior researchers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance protection capabilities.

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Sophos
Sophos
5 months ago

Senior Threat Behavior Researcher (Romania)

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Job Summary

Join a global Sophos Labs team as a Threat Researcher focused on behavioral protection. You will analyze Windows threats, develop behavioral rules for hands-on keyboard attacks, malware payloads, and APTs, produce threat reports, assist sandbox improvements, and train junior researchers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance protection capabilities.
Location: Romania
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct in-depth behavioral analysis of Windows threats.
  • •Develop behavioral rules for threat behaviors including hands-on keyboard attacks, malware payloads, initial attack vectors and APTs.
  • •Produce quality threat analysis reports for internal and external audiences.
  • •Assist in sandbox improvements by analyzing malware that affects sandbox execution and by creating artifacts cleanup rules.
  • •Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve behavioral protection capabilities based on threat analysis.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong knowledge of Windows internals including memory management, processes, threads
  • •Proficiency in static and dynamic analysis of threats using tools such as IDAPro and WinDbg
  • •Programming experience; preferred: Python, Lua
  • •Excellent communication skills to explain complex problems to peers and product teams
  • •Bachelor’s degree in computer software (security preferred) or equivalent experience
Experience:Cybersecurity
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Security
Skills:CommunicationAnalyticalProblem-solving
Tech Stack:IDA ProWinDbgPythonLuaWindows Internals

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Sophos
Provides enterprise cybersecurity software and services including endpoint protection, network security, cloud security, encryption, and managed threat response to protect organizations from advanced threats and ransomware.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 500M to 1B
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Abingdon, United Kingdom
Founded: 1985
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