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Threat Analyst
Location
United States
Posted
82 days ago
Salary
$126K - $170K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Threat Analyst
SOCKET
• Analyze numerous unique threats daily, maintaining a standard of quality that sets the industry benchmark for supply chain security. • Author high-impact technical blog posts on malicious open source code packages and extensions, and publish deep-dive research pieces on malicious campaigns, threat actor profiles, novel attack vectors, and ecosystem-wide trends. • Design and build automated scripts and tools to streamline malware analysis, enhancing our data collection, threat analysis, and threat hunting workflows. • Partner with our engineering team to integrate your research into our core product, turning manual insights into scalable, real-time protection. • Leverage expertise in open source software ecosystems to enhance security across package registries, browser extensions (Chrome/VS Code), and proactively monitor GitHub/GitLab for emerging malicious campaigns. • Track APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) adversaries, characterizing various TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures), capabilities, infrastructure, and campaigns.
Job Requirements
- 3+ years of work experience and a master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Technical experience across several areas of security operations, including investigations, incident response and management, digital forensics, malware analysis, reverse engineering, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and detection engineering.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to assess the relevance and impact of threats.
- Experience building tools for automation, data collection, and threat hunting.
- Passion for open source and code.
- Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript and/or other programming languages and ecosystems protected by Socket.
- Experience leveraging LLMs or AI-based tools for threat detection.
Benefits
- Market competitive salary bands
- Meaningful equity program
- Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family
- Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
- Paid parental leave
- Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites
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