Security Research Team Leader
Description
Summary
Data has never been more valuable and vulnerable. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated and regulations more strict, organizations struggle to answer one key question: “Is my data safe?
At Varonis, we see the world of cybersecurity differently. Instead of chasing threats, we believe the most practical approach is protecting data from the inside out. We’ve built the industry’s first fully autonomous Data Security Platform to help our customers dramatically reduce risk with minimal human effort.
At Varonis, we move fast. We’re an ultra-collaborative company with brilliant people who care deeply about the details. Together, we’re solving interesting and complex puzzles to keep the world’s data safe.
We work in a flexible, hybrid model, so you can choose the home-office balance that works best for you.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership:
- Lead and mentor a team of top-notch security researchers
- Lead research projects all the way from inception to production
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence within the team
- Provide technical guidance and support to team members
Research and Development:
- Defining detection models for common enterprise tech stacks such as Active Directory, proxy servers, firewalls, file servers, Azure active directory and more
- Conduct product research to identify relevant data to be added as part of new threat models
- Enhance various cross-platform capabilities, including privileged access discovery.
- Conduct advanced research on emerging threats and mitigation strategies
- Optimizing existing algorithms to reduce false positives and increase the value of our products
- Stay updated with industry trends and advancements
- Lead the publications of cyber security oriented blogs and articles
Collaboration:
- Collaborate with product management, engineering, and other stakeholders to implement your team latest research
- Work closely with development teams to integrate security features into our product
- Communicate research findings and recommendations effectively
- Work closely with other security research teams
Requirements
- Cybersecurity professional with 6+ years of experience as a security researcher working on detection models
- Proven experience of leading research projects for a security product
- Experience with data analysis of large data sets
- Expertise and experience in User Behavior Analytics (UBA) threat models
- 3+ years of Hands-on experience in programming and scripting (Python)
- Experience with identifying and analyzing trends or patterns related to security incidents and abnormal behaviors
- In-depth understanding of an organization’s security, risks, and potential attack vectors in all the organization’s perimeters
- Passion for conducting Value-to-customers-driven research
- Must possess strong verbal & written communication skills in English
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Varonis is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
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