Manager, Threat Research (Malware Triage)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Set team priorities for research and development of new victim intelligence collection and analysis capabilities
• ▹Lead, mentor and grow a team of malware researchers and analysts
• ▹Drive development and deployment of next-generation malware emulators, trackers and crawlers
• ▹Lead research into complex C2 communication channels (P2P, direct IP, hybrid models) to track botnets
• ▹Own victim intelligence data quality and drive continuous improvement
• ▹Partner with product, engineering and data science teams to turn threat telemetry into product capabilities
• ▹Own domain and malware triage workflows and set priorities for targeted malware investigations

Requirements

• ▹Broad subject matter expertise in malware infrastructure and C2 methodologies
• ▹Experience developing detection rules and extracting IOCs from malware analysis
• ▹Demonstrated experience managing and leading technical teams in a research or security-focused environment
• ▹Demonstrated success architecting complex technical workflows such as malware analysis, telemetry collection or large-scale data processing
• ▹Strong communication and analytical skills, able to solve ambiguous problems
• ▹Proficient in scripting languages such as Python or Go

Soft skills

About the company

Bitsight is a cyber risk management company that helps organisations manage exposure, performance and third-party risk. It invented the cyber ratings industry in 2011, serves over 3000 customers and has more than 750 employees across Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore and remote.