Senior Security Researcher

Censys
United States
Full Time
Remote
Senior
USD 202,000 – 278,000
Professional Certificate
Security & Safety Information Technology Telecommunications

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Job summary

The role involves conducting advanced offensive security research, developing detection capabilities, analyzing attacker infrastructure, and leveraging AI in cybersecurity contexts. The candidate should have extensive hands-on penetration testing experience, knowledge of network protocols, and scripting skills, with opportunities for publication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

Drive product capability by applying an offensive practitioner's perspective to internet scanning and fingerprinting. Conduct original research on emerging attack techniques and agentic AI threat frameworks to publish seminal security work.

Qualifications

adversary emulation AI-assisted vulnerability research C2 frameworks Internet-scale scanning network protocols penetration testing Python red teaming scripting service fingerprinting

Requires 5+ years of hands-on experience in penetration testing or red teaming with proficiency in Python or Go. Must have demonstrated experience building or operating LLM-powered offensive security agents.

English

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Retirement With Company Contribution
  • Parental Leave
  • Mental Health & Wellness Benefits
  • Flexible PTO
  • Professional Development Stipend
  • Annual Bonus Plan

Company

Censys

Censys

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Computer and Network Security
Location
United States
Website
censys.com

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