Cloud Security Senior Researcher

About Crowd Strike

As a global leader in cybersecurity, Crowd Strike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn't changed — we're here to stop breaches, and we've redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on Crowd Strike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every Crowd Striker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We're always looking to add talented Crowd Strikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role

The Crowd Strike Cloud Research team is an integral part of the Falcon Cloud Security product, tasked with the critical mission of safeguarding cloud environments through innovative detection and response capabilities. This team works in unison to ensure our customers' cloud environments are secure against the ever-changing threats in the security landscape. As a senior researcher on the team, you will play a pivotal role in conducting security research, and translating it directly into security value for our customers. This role provides a unique opportunity to join a team with strategic importance for protecting our customers from emerging threats and novel attack methodologies in cloud environments. You will also get to work with vast datasets, have a direct impact on the efficacy and evolution of our detections, and play a decisive role in the strategic direction of our product development. Your contributions will enable continuous improvement of Crowd Strike's cloud detection capabilities ensuring our customers are secured with the most advanced security measures.

What You'll Do

• Initiate and conduct Cloud Research Initiatives: follow the threat landscape to identify trends in the realm of cloud infrastructure security, threat actors, novel attack approaches, and vulnerabilities in cloud-based and/or cloud-native environments and workloads
• Research threats and vulnerabilities in cloud provider infrastructure and containerized applications and workloads
• Develop advanced cloud security models: Create sophisticated models and frameworks for identifying and mitigating new types of cloud threats, focusing on predictive analytics and proactive threat hunting methodologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Work closely with various teams, including engineering, product management, detection engineering, and threat intelligence to drive cloud detections in the Crowd Strike Falcon platform
• Provide cloud security thought leadership: Share insights and best practices with the broader security community through publications, conference presentations, and technical blogs

What You'll Need

• Proven expertise in security research, methodologies, technologies, and tools
• Minimum of 5 years experience in cloud security research
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills
• Experience with cloud-native services, infrastructure, and environments
• Experience with threat research and misconfiguration identification
• Comprehensive knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their security features
• Excellent conceptual thinking and communication skills, capable of conveying complex ideas effectively

Nice to Have

• Experience publishing security research papers and delivering conference talks

Benefits of Working at Crowd Strike

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

Equal Opportunity Statement

Crowd Strike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program. Crowd Strike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements. If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at recruiting@crowdstrike.com for further assistance.

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