Staff Security Researcher
@ BeyondTrust

Hybrid
$180,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 18 hours ago

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About BeyondTrust

BeyondTrust is where you bring your purpose to life through impactful cybersecurity work. Our focus is creating a safer world with our cybersecurity SaaS portfolio, offering a culture of flexibility, trust, and continual learning.

The Role

As a Staff Security Researcher, you will drive the evolution of our identity security platform by blending cutting-edge security research with robust engineering practices. You will operate at the intersection of security expertise and software development, transforming novel research findings into production-ready systems to protect against sophisticated identity-based threats.

What You’ll Do

  • Research & Innovation: Conduct original security research to detect emerging identity attack vectors and develop novel detection methodologies.
  • Engineering & Implementation: Build production-grade security systems focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance using Python, SQL, and distributed computing frameworks.
  • Data Analysis & Optimization: Analyze large-scale customer datasets with Spark and Databricks to validate hypotheses and optimize detection algorithms.
  • Leadership & Knowledge Sharing: Provide technical leadership, mentor teams, and share research via conferences and publications.

What You’ll Bring

  • Strong engineering background with production security systems experience.
  • Expertise in Python and large-scale data processing, SQL, and databases.
  • Experience with SIEM tools, log analysis, and event detection systems.
  • Proficiency in distributed data processing frameworks like Apache Spark and Databricks is a plus.

Technologies You Should Know

Required: Python, SQL, and distributed data processing frameworks. Preferred: Apache Spark/PySpark, Databricks, graph databases, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization, and machine learning frameworks.

What Makes This Role Unique

This is a rare opportunity to work at the cutting edge of identity security research while designing systems that protect organizations globally. You will have the freedom to explore novel research directions, leverage scalable engineering solutions, and establish thought leadership in the security community.

Key skills/competency

  • Cybersecurity
  • Security Research
  • Python
  • Data Analysis
  • Apache Spark
  • Databricks
  • SQL
  • Distributed Systems
  • Threat Detection
  • Leadership

How to Get Hired at BeyondTrust

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize Your Resume: Tailor experience to cybersecurity and research.
  • Highlight Technical Skills: Emphasize Python, SQL, Spark expertise.
  • Showcase Research Accomplishments: Include publications and presentations.
  • Prepare For Interviews: Review your engineering and data analysis projects.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review Python and SQL coding challenges.
Understand distributed computing in Apache Spark.
Study machine learning fundamentals for security.
Practice configuring CI/CD pipelines.

Behavioral Questions

Describe past project challenges and resolutions.
Explain teamwork in complex technical scenarios.
Discuss how you handle tight deadlines.
Share examples of mentoring engineers.

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