Staff Security Research Engineer @ Proofpoint
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About Us
Proofpoint is the leader in human-centric cybersecurity, protecting half a million customers including 87 of the Fortune 100. We safeguard organizations by staying ahead of bad actors and securing the digital world.
How We Work
Join a global team that redefines cybersecurity with a focus on innovation, accountability, and visionary problem-solving, all grounded in our BRAVE core values.
Corporate Overview
Proofpoint is a top cybersecurity company offering cloud-based solutions to stop threats, safeguard data, and empower people-centric security.
Staff Security Research Engineer - Your Day-to-Day
- Design and develop software primarily using Python.
- Modify and extend web-based UI for internal threat tools.
- Write C/C++ code for low-level OS interactions.
- Develop Chrome web driver based browser automation.
- Analyze and reverse engineer JavaScript for sandbox evasion.
- Process network traffic with TLS decryption and PCAP file handling.
- Collaborate with threat analysts to create detection rules.
- Leverage AI and automation to enhance threat detection pipelines.
- Support and advise on phishing, malware and evasion techniques.
- Work remotely with a distributed team via chat and video calls.
What You Bring To The Team
- Passion for threat research with deep security landscape understanding.
- Production-grade Python coding skills with observability.
- Experience with Docker containers and web browser automation.
- Strong grasp of network protocols, TLS, HTTP and PCAP processing.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote setting.
Nice to Have
- Experience with C, C++ and Windows API hooks.
- Skills in malware behavior analysis and reverse engineering tools.
- Familiarity with dynamic and static malware analysis toolkits.
Additional Information
This remote role supports global teams with minimal travel (1%-10%) for collaboration or conferences. Must work during local business hours.
Why Proofpoint?
Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, flexible work options, and global collaboration opportunities define the Proofpoint culture.
Key skills/competency
- cybersecurity
- threat research
- Python
- automation
- reverse engineering
- network protocols
- Docker
- web automation
- JavaScript
- AI integration
How to Get Hired at Proofpoint
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Customize your resume: Tailor skills to Proofpoint requirements.
- Highlight cybersecurity experience: Emphasize threat research projects.
- Practice technical tasks: Prepare coding challenges in Python.
- Research Proofpoint: Understand their products and culture.