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Sr. Security Researcher - Cloud Intelligence Mission (Remote)
Sr. Security Researcher - Cloud Intelligence Mission (Remote)-March 2024
Flexible / Remote
Mar 28, 2026
ABOUT CROWDSTRIKE
CrowdStrike is a leading cybersecurity company protecting customers from all cyber threats by leveraging its security cloud to stop breaches.
1,001 - 5,000 employees
Technology, Engineering
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About Sr. Security Researcher - Cloud Intelligence Mission (Remote)

  #WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We're looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

  About the Role:

  CrowdStrike Intelligence is seeking a motivated cloud security researcher with excellent technical skills to research the activities of cloud-conscious adversaries. Our Technical Analysis Cell (TAC) is at the forefront of CrowdStrike's mission against cloud-conscious threat actors. We combine intelligence analysis with deep-dive cloud service provider log analysis (AWS CloudTrail, Azure Activity Logs), and reverse engineering of malicious code, in addition to building and using automation systems to deliver actionable indicators and operational insights. CrowdStrike is uniquely positioned to leverage data from a multitude of sources, including incident response, managed threat hunting, proprietary telemetry, our large internal malware corpus, and our custom-built analysis pipeline. We foster a diverse environment of respectful, passionate camaraderie and collaboration between researchers who enjoy the fast-paced nature of our work.

  This highly technical position serves an important role in conducting research, increasing our coverage of the global cloud threat landscape, contributing to the continuous tracking of cloud adversaries, and ultimately developing finished intelligence products that provide a decision advantage to customers. These skills to will be used to successfully carry out the following duties:

  What You'll Do:

  Technical Analysis:Reconstruct, investigate, and track cloud intrusions leveraging cloud service provider activity logs (AWS CloudTrail, Azure Activity Logs) and document findings.Enhance understanding of observed cloud activity by reproducing the activity in a test cloud environment.Create tools to automate analysis tasks and tracking of threat actors.Write cloud-activity-based (KQL, Amazon Athena), host-based (Yara) and network-based (Snort/Suricata) signatures suited for large-scale hunting, detection, and tracking of threats.Perform a technical analysis and reverse engineering of tools related to threat activity within the cloud environment or as part of cloud-conscious intrusionsIntelligence Reporting:Produce high-quality, actionable intelligence reporting.Collaborate with our interdisciplinary team to coordinate adversary and campaign tracking, and to provide support to teams developing mitigation strategies and responding to incidents.What You'll Need:

  Required:Understanding of cloud security concepts in particular identity and access management (IAM).Ability to reconstruct incidents based on cloud activity logs from at least one major cloud service provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)Ability to express complex technical and non-technical concepts in written, verbal and graphical products for all levels of readership, including actionable mitigation and detection guidance.Knowledge of programming and scripting languages, in particular Python.Knowledge of reverse engineering tools (disassemblers, decompilers, debuggers) and processes (unpacking malware, reconstructing code logic, etc).Ability to identify and classify malicious tooling through development of signatures that can be used for tracking and hunting purposes.Ability to interpret raw network data and to develop network signatures, as well as custom protocol decoders and decryption tools.Be a team playerPreferred:Experience developing detections with KQL and Amazon AthenaProven track record of relevant experience in the cloud security fieldA background in intelligence is a plus.Relevant cloud certifications are a plus.#LI-AO1

  #LI-Remote

  Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike: Remote-first culture Market leader in compensation and equity awards Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits Physical and mental wellness programs Paid parental leave, including adoption A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaborationWe are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone feels seen, heard, valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.

  CrowdStrike is committed to maintaining an environment of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact [email protected] , for further assistance.

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