Rapid7 is looking for an experienced Security expert to join our Team of Researchers and Analysts in the threat intelligence platform team.

About the Team

We are building a brand new Threat Intelligence platform from scratch for use by our analysts teams and customers. Be one of the first security professionals in our team leading Research into new ways to find problems and vulnerabilities in our customers' environments, find relevant threat intelligence in clear and dark web sources and find malicious infrastructure targeting the customer users.

About the Role

This position is tasked with researching and defining the needed capabilities and features of the platform. while working closely with both the developers and analysts teams to achieve these objectives. We are looking for a researcher looking to broaden his view and take a critical role in building a data driven platform that will allow our analysts teams to bring critical threat intelligence to our customers.

In this role, you will:

• Research and create new methodologies for the development of automations in:

  • Asset discovery

  • Attack surface analyses

  • Vulnerability discovery and assessment

  • Clear and Dark web threat intel

  • Malicious infrastructure targeting our customers

• Work closely with the dev and analysts team to implement new workflows and use cases.

• Evaluate ideas from stakeholders and assess their feasibility and potential impact.

• Utilize Python scripting to automate tasks, analyze data, and develop tools that support security research and operations.

• Gathering a leverage of our unique data comes from our automations and analysts.

• Be a source of knowledge and expertise for the entities services group.

The skills you’ll bring include:

• 3+ years of experience in the cybersecurity industry in research or analyst roles.

• Proven experience writing scripts and tools using Python.

• Independent researcher and natural leader with ability to lead ongoing efforts to build capabilities and new features.

• Expert knowledge of common operating systems, services, networking protocols, logging, attacker techniques and tools.

• Prior operational experience leveraging threat intelligence to detect and respond to adversaries.

• A strong understanding of the current threat landscape including the latest tactics, tools, and procedures, common malware variants, and effective techniques for detecting this malicious activity.

• Experience in investigating threats, utilizing OSINT and other research techniques to uncover threat actors and their TTP.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Advantage:

• Knowledgin data analysis AI/ML.

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. Teams reflecting a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.

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