Staff Security Researcher
@ BeyondTrust

Hybrid
$150,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 22 days ago

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About BeyondTrust

BeyondTrust is a place where you can bring your purpose to life through your work. The company emphasizes flexibility, trust, continual learning, and impact in the cybersecurity SaaS space.

The Role: Staff Security Researcher

As a Staff Security Researcher, you will drive the evolution of the identity security platform by combining cutting-edge security research with robust engineering practices. You will work at the intersection of security expertise and software development, translating research into production-ready systems to protect customers from sophisticated identity-based threats.

What You’ll Do

  • Research & Innovation: Conduct original security research, develop novel detection methodologies, and optimize entitlement graph systems.
  • Engineering & Implementation: Build production-grade security systems, implement detection pipelines using PySpark and Spark SQL, and maintain rigorous engineering practices.
  • Data Analysis & Optimization: Analyze large customer datasets, validate detection hypotheses, monitor algorithms, and collaborate with data science teams.
  • Leadership & Knowledge Sharing: Provide technical leadership, mentor teams, present findings at conferences, and publish research.

What You’ll Bring

Strong background in developing production security systems, proficiency in Python, SQL, and large-scale data processing. Experience with SIEM tools, adversarial tactics, and engineering event detection systems is required. Preferred experience includes big data platforms, cloud security, containerization, graph databases, and security research publication.

Technologies You Should Know

Required: Python, SQL, distributed data processing frameworks. Preferred: Apache Spark/PySpark, Databricks, graph databases, cloud platforms, containerization, machine learning libraries.

What Makes This Role Unique

This role offers the chance to work at the cutting edge of identity security research, with the freedom to pursue novel ideas and the platform to share expertise in the security community.

Better Together

Diversity and inclusion are core values. BeyondTrust hires talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, creating a supportive culture where everyone can thrive.

About BeyondTrust

BeyondTrust is the global identity security leader with a trusted identity-centric approach, serving over 20,000 customers worldwide including 75 of the Fortune 100 companies.

Key skills/competency

  • Cybersecurity
  • Identity Security
  • Security Research
  • Python
  • SQL
  • PySpark
  • Apache Spark
  • Databricks
  • Graph Databases
  • Machine Learning
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How to Get Hired at BeyondTrust

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Highlight cybersecurity research and engineering skills.
  • Showcase projects: Include production-grade security systems experience.
  • Research BeyondTrust: Understand its culture and mission.
  • Prepare for technical interviews: Review Python, SQL, and Spark frameworks.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review Python and SQL best practices.
Study distributed computing frameworks.
Practice PySpark and Spark SQL coding.
Examine data processing optimization methods.

Behavioral Questions

Describe past leadership in technical projects.
Explain how you handle challenging research problems.
Discuss teamwork in complex security environments.
Share experiences of mentoring peers and teams.

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