Cybersecurity Threat Researcher

🇺🇸In-Person - Arlington, VA$95K–$145K/yri9h ago

Corporate Research Cybersecurity Threat Research Malware Analysis Security Research Threat Intelligence

Summary

KnowBe4 seeks a Cybersecurity Threat Researcher to support its Human Risk Management platform by identifying and analyzing emerging cybersecurity threats, including AI-powered and deepfake-based attacks. This role contributes to protecting over 70,000 organizations worldwide by advancing threat intelligence capabilities.

Key Responsibilities: Research and analyze emerging cybersecurity threats, develop threat intelligence reports, and support the advancement of KnowBe4's threat detection and defense mechanisms. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate threat findings into actionable security defenses.

Skills & Tools: Strong expertise in cybersecurity threat analysis, malware research, AI-powered threats, and threat intelligence reporting. Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills with the ability to translate technical findings for diverse audiences.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or related field, or equivalent professional experience in threat research or security analysis. Proven track record of identifying and documenting emerging cybersecurity threats.

Location: Arlington, Virginia

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation for this role is $120,000 – $160,000/year based on title, seniority, and location.

Job Description

KnowBe4 is the global leader in Human Risk Management, trusted by over 70,000 organizations worldwide to secure their employees and AI agents for over 15 years. We're pioneering a new era of security. AI-powered since 2016. And market-leading since day one.

Our HRM+ combines continuous risk intelligence, advanced technical defenses, and personalized training to help organizations build strong security cultures. We help organizations understand, measure, and reduce human risk across their entire workforce, defending against, deepfakes, and emerging AI-powered threats.

We believe that protecting organizations from cyberthreats and creating a positive environmental impact go hand in hand. True resilience is collective, it requires us to protect our people, our data, and our planet.

The Cybersecurity Threat Researcher works in the KnowBe4 Threat Research Lab, and is responsible for deploying and configuring various security products and solutions such as endpoint, email, web and network protection.

Responsibilities:

Analysing trends and patterns in large data-sets to establish threat trends across regions, industries and business segment sizes.
Have a passion for cyber security and thrive on solving difficult and complex problems.
Have a genuine interest in mitigating phishing attacks and be familiar with recent vulnerabilities in our space.
Investigate phishing emails and have an understanding of Malware Analysis (Configuration of isolated Malware Analysis VM, Identification of File Formats, Basic Static & Dynamic analysis)
Experience with Threat Actor Tools and techniques
Enjoy sharing their knowledge and working with team members and external stakeholders.
Ability to communicate threat knowledge in a customer facing environment
Assist and enable various departments within KnowBe4 with Threat Intelligence
Triage, investigate, and respond to alerts coming in from the Knowbe4 email platform efficiently and without support.
Independent research projects to contribute regularly to external-facing Knowbe4 Threat Labs content, such as blogs

Requirements:

BS or equivalent plus 3 years experience
MS or equivalent plus 1 year experience
Well versed with IOCs, reverse engineering and threat campaign tracking
Experience in malicious URL and phishing Email analysis
Familiarity with Python automation preferred
Experience in customer-facing environments
Experience with triaging complex customer queries.
Experience with databases (SQL or MQL) preferable

Our Fantastic Benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits.

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.

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