Security Researcher

About the Role

We're looking for a Detection Developer Cloud for IDR team to be part of making this happen.

A Security Developer has a clear history of successful contribution to professional detection development projects. They are driven, curious, and results oriented. They are able to manage competing priorities as they relate to improving our existing codebase of detections and constantly challenge the status quo. With additional experience and exposure to advanced detection development patterns and projects, they are capable of becoming a Senior Security Developer within 2 years.

Basic Qualifications

• 2 or more years of professional experience as a Detection Developer with a focus on Cloud
• Experience consists of projects contributing in either Python or YAML (or any custom language)
• OS Specific Telemetry (Windows Security / Sysmon logs, Linux, Mac)
• Windows PowerShell Monitoring
• Cloud logs, email, Oauth, Identity related attack analysis
• SIEM Detections
• EDR detections / signatures
• Threat landscape awareness
• Development of anomaly and behavioural based detections
• Tuning and optimization of detections for all the above
• Pen test and other attack tool awareness and analysis is definite plus
• Professional certifications in Security and / or Cloud are desired (i.e. CISSP, GNFA, GCFA, GCFE, GREM).

More About the role

You'll be working as a detection developer on our Integration, Detection and Response Team, responsible for ensuring quality and scale of our detection base and presenting actionable detections to our Security Services teams and customers.

Some of your day-to-day responsibilities will be :

We value a culture of sharing, so every team has the opportunity to share their work with the entire department during our monthly R&D Demos. Once a year we hold a department-wide Hackathon, teaming up across all R&D teams over four days to collaborate and build cool ideas outside the normal project scope. While innovation is the focus, some of these ideas do make it into our products.

About you

You're a talented detection developer who is passionate about securing our customers and cares deeply about ending cyber risk. You enjoy learning about various attack methods and tools. You are constantly adapting to emerging technologies, trends, and best practices. You will build productive internal / external working relationships to resolve mutual problems by collaborating on procedures or transactions, with a focus on providing standard professional advice and creating initial reports / analyses for review by experienced team professionals.

Here are some of the core technologies we use and teach across our detections teams :

You are not required to be an expert in any of these, but you should be excited by the opportunity to learn new things and comfortable with coming up to speed quickly. Any experience with detection development for EPP / EDR and / or pen test is relevant and transferrable.

We value a culture of sharing, so every team has the opportunity to share their work with the entire department during our monthly R&D Demos. Once a year we hold a department-wide Hackathon, teaming up across all R&D teams over four days to collaborate and build cool ideas outside the normal project scope. While innovation is the focus, some of these ideas do make it into our products.

Why Arctic Wolf

At Arctic Wolf, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that thrives on diversity of thought, background, and culture. This is reflected in our multiple awards, including Top Workplace USA (2021-2024), Best Places to Work – USA (2021-2024), Great Place to Work – Canada (2021-2024), Great Place to Work – UK (2024), and Kununu Top Company – Germany (2024). Our commitment to bold growth and shaping the future of security operations is matched by our dedication to customer satisfaction, with over 7,000 customers worldwide and more than 2,000 channel partners globally. As we continue to expand globally and enhance our technology, Arctic Wolf remains the most trusted name in the industry.

Our Values

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people's and organizations' sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good. We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here. We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including :

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Skills Required

Kibana, Yaml, Sigma, Mac, Git, Linux, Python