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Security Research Engineer

SecuronixBengaluru, India | KarnatakaHybrid, Onsite

At Securonix, we’re on a mission to secure the world by staying ahead of cyber threats, reinforcing all layers of our platform with AI capabilities. Our
Securonix Unified Defense SIEM provides organizations with the first and only AI-Reinforced solution built with a cybersecurity mesh architecture on a highly scalable data cloud. Enhanced by Securonix EON’s AI capabilities, our innovative cloud-native solution delivers a seamless CyberOps experience, empowering organizations to scale their security operations and keep up with evolving threats. Recognized as a five-time leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM and highly rated on Gartner Peer Insights, our award-winning Unified Defense SIEM provides organizations with 365 days of ‘hot’ data for rapid search and investigation, threat content-as-a-service, proactive defense through continuous peer and partner collaboration, and a fully integrated Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (TDIR) experience—all within a single platform.

Built on a cloud-native architecture, the platform leverages the Snowflake Data Cloud for unparalleled scalability and performance.Securonix is proud to be a cybersecurity unicorn and featured in CRN's 2024 Security 100 list. Backed by Vista Equity Partners, one of the largest private equity firms with over $100 billion in assets under management, we have a unique advantage in driving innovation and growth. With a global footprint, we serve more than 1,000 customersworldwide, including 10% of the Fortune 100. Our network of 150+ partners and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) enables us to deliver unmatched security solutions on a global scale.At Securonix, we are driven by our core values and place our people at the heart of everything we do:

  • Winning as One Team: We work together with universal respect to achieve aligned outcomes
  • Customer Driven Innovation: We innovate to stay ahead of the market and create value for our customers
  • Agility in Action: We embrace change and are unified in our purpose and objectives amidst change

Join us as we redefine cybersecurity, innovate fearlessly, and grow together as one team.Summary:We are looking for a passionate and technically skilled Security Researcher to join our team and help us stay ahead of evolving cyber threats. This role will focus on building and maintaining honeypot infrastructure, analyzing threat activity, developing detection content, and contributing to the broader security community through advisories and research.You will work closely with our detection engineering and threat intelligence teams to ensure our SIEM platform stays responsive and adaptive to emerging threats.What Your Role Entails:

  • Design, deploy, and maintain honeypots and deception infrastructure to collect real-world attack telemetry.
  • Analyze malware samples, attacker behavior, and TTPs captured via honeypots and external threat intelligence sources.
  • Develop and validate prototype detection rules, logic, and analytics for threats observed in the wild.
  • Author timely and insightful threat-advisory reports for internal teams and customers.
  • Assist customers with detection requests, emerging threat queries, and incident support based on real-time intelligence.
  • Work with the detection engineering team to maintain and continuously improve production detection content.
  • Work with data-science team to prototype new product features and provide SME inputs for feature designs

Must-Have Skills:

  • 5+ years in security research, threat intelligence, or malware analysis.
  • Solid understanding of threat actor behaviors, attack frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, etc.), and threat intelligence methodologies.
  • Experience with malware reverse engineering, sandboxing, or forensic analysis tools.
  • Deep understanding of Windows/Linux internals (useful for exploit testing, detection validation and log generation)
  • CI/CD Workflows for detection as code
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, PowerShell).
  • Strong communication skills, especially in writing technical documentation and threat reports.

Preferred Skills:

  • Understanding of cloud and hybrid environments and their security challenges.
  • Deep understanding of threat detection for CSPs like AWS and Azure.
  • Experience with honeypot/deception platforms (e.g., Cowrie, T-Pot, OpenCanary).
  • Familiarity with SIEM platforms, log analysis, and detection engineering.
  • Contributions to open-source threat intelligence projects or public research/blog posts.
  • Prior experience building detection or research in AI ecosystems

Benefits - As a full-time employee with Securonix, you will be eligible for the following employee benefits:

  • Health Insurance with a total sum insured is INR 7,50,000
  • Coverage: Self, Spouse, 2 kids, Dependent parents, or parents-in-law
  • Personal Accident with total sum insured is INR 10,00,000
  • Term Life Insurance with a sum assured for employees is 5 times fixed base pay is covered.

Securonix, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Securonix complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.Securonix expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Securonix employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Life at Securonix

Securonix is redefining the next generation of cyber-threat detection using the power of machine learning and big data. Our purpose-built security analytics solution uses machine learning to track and create baselines of user, account, and system behavior and detects the most advanced insider threats, cyber threats, and fraud activities in real time. Securonix extends threat detection with threat-hunting and automated incident response. SOC analysts can hunt across data sources, and respond with pre-built, automated playbooks. Globally, customers use Securonix to address their insider threat, cyber threat, cloud security, fraud, and application security monitoring requirements. Securonix security analytics delivers real-time threat analysis and detection, log search, threat hunting and attack investigation via Spotter, and comprehensive case/workflow management for end-to-end security management. The solution also provides out-of-the-box integrations with existing security products. Securonix Data Lake, Next-Gen SIEM and UEBA products are offered as on-premise enterprise software or delivered via the cloud. Securonix is architected on a Hadoop big data infrastructure stack that optimizes data ingestion, context enrichment, real-time processing, and storage across separate components enabling efficient mass-scaling for large enterprises. This architecture is coupled with a new UI that realizes massive improvements in large deployments, and allows you to ingest and analyze large amounts of machine data in real-time. Securonix's Hadoop stack allows for a Google-like search at massive scale. With Hadoop clustering, SOC analysts can perform data analysis at internet-scale instantaneously, and also leverage log-searching for over 600 different commercial security, network, and application products. Securonix is privately funded by Volition Capital. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Thrive Here & What We Value1. Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO)2. Nondiscrimination in employment compliance3. Prohibition of unlawful employee harassment4. No unsolicited headhunter and agency submissions for candidates5. Prior agreement required for payment to third-party agencies6. Team-oriented culture with a focus on collaboration7. Mission-first attitude8. Astute communication skills9. Critical thinking abilities10. Problem-solving capabilities

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