9 hours ago

Senior Threat Researcher, FTR

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Job Summary

Research and profile cyber threat actors for TrendAI’s Forward Looking Threat Research (FTR) team, exploring 1–3 year future risks and translating offensive findings into defensible detection opportunities and mitigation guidance. Publish external-facing research, represent the team at major security conferences, and collaborate with product and detection engineering, including partnerships with law enforcement when research surfaces actionable intelligence.

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Research and profile cyber threat actors, including tradecraft, infrastructure, motivations, and business models across a campaign end-to-end.
•Translate offensive findings into defensive research such as detection opportunities, hunting hypotheses, and mitigation guidance.
•Publish external-facing research (blogs, whitepapers, conference talks) to advance industry understanding.
•Partner with law enforcement organizations when research surfaces actionable intelligence.
•Collaborate cross-functionally with product and detection engineering teams to turn research into product ideas and mitigation proposals.

Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisabilityParental LeaveMedical LeaveAdoption AssistanceWellness StipendPet Insurance401kPaid LeaveTuition AssistanceEmployee Resource14 Annual

Key Requirements

•6+ years of experience in offensive security/red teaming or threat investigation/threat hunting, with meaningful exposure to the other.
•Demonstrated ability to think and operate across the intrusion lifecycle on both sides of the intrusion.
•“Hacker mentality” to identify security weaknesses across design, architecture, process, and implementation.
•Practical AI usage to automate tasks, connect datasets, and apply AI to solve security problems at efficiency, speed, and scale.
•Strong understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and adversary tradecraft mapping, plus a track record of independent research.

Experience:6+ yearsAI securityThreat huntingRed teamingCybercrimeThreat actor trackingEnterprise security

Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Electronics/Communication Engineering, Physics, or related discipline

Skills:Independent researchCritical thinkingCuriosityComfort with ambiguityCross-functional collaboration

Tech Stack:MITRE ATT&CKAIAI/LLM security

Eligibility

Visa:H-1BL-1TNO-1E-3H-1B1F-1J-1OPTCPT

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Trend Micro

Global cybersecurity company providing endpoint, cloud, network, and hybrid security solutions to protect businesses and consumers from cyber threats, leveraging threat intelligence, machine learning, and automated protection across environments.

Industry: Cybersecurity

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan

Founded: 1988

Website LinkedIn

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Trend Micro

9 hours ago

Senior Threat Researcher, FTR

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 9 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Research and profile cyber threat actors, including tradecraft, infrastructure, motivations, and business models across a campaign end-to-end.
•Translate offensive findings into defensive research such as detection opportunities, hunting hypotheses, and mitigation guidance.
•Publish external-facing research (blogs, whitepapers, conference talks) to advance industry understanding.
•Partner with law enforcement organizations when research surfaces actionable intelligence.
•Collaborate cross-functionally with product and detection engineering teams to turn research into product ideas and mitigation proposals.

Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisabilityParental LeaveMedical LeaveAdoption AssistanceWellness StipendPet Insurance401kPaid LeaveTuition AssistanceEmployee Resource14 Annual

Key Requirements

•6+ years of experience in offensive security/red teaming or threat investigation/threat hunting, with meaningful exposure to the other.
•Demonstrated ability to think and operate across the intrusion lifecycle on both sides of the intrusion.
•“Hacker mentality” to identify security weaknesses across design, architecture, process, and implementation.
•Practical AI usage to automate tasks, connect datasets, and apply AI to solve security problems at efficiency, speed, and scale.
•Strong understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and adversary tradecraft mapping, plus a track record of independent research.

Experience:6+ yearsAI securityThreat huntingRed teamingCybercrimeThreat actor trackingEnterprise security

Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Electronics/Communication Engineering, Physics, or related discipline

Skills:Independent researchCritical thinkingCuriosityComfort with ambiguityCross-functional collaboration

Tech Stack:MITRE ATT&CKAIAI/LLM security

Eligibility

Visa:H-1BL-1TNO-1E-3H-1B1F-1J-1OPTCPT

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Trend Micro

Industry: Cybersecurity

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan

Founded: 1988

Website LinkedIn