Head of Threat Research

🕒 August 10

🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote

💵 €82k - €93k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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Bitsight

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2013

Bitsight is a global cyber risk management leader transforming how organizations manage exposure, performance, and risk for themselves and their third parties. Companies rely on Bitsight to prioritize their cybersecurity investments, build greater trust within their ecosystem, and reduce their chances of financial loss. Built on over a decade of market-leading innovation, Bitsight’s integrated solutions deliver value across enterprise security performance, digital supply chains, cyber insurance and data analysis.

📋 Description

• Establish team priorities for research and development of new victim intelligence collection and analysis capabilities to maximize coverage of impactful victim intelligence • Lead, mentor, and grow the team of malware researchers and analysts • Spearhead development and deployment of next-generation malware emulators, trackers, and crawlers to collect infection telemetry • Drive research initiatives into complex C2 communication channels, including P2P, direct IP, and hybrid models, to maintain visibility over botnets • Own victim intelligence data quality and drive continuous improvement • Partner with product, engineering, and data science teams to translate threat telemetry into scalable product capabilities • Own domain and malware triage workflows • Set priorities for targeted malware investigations • Champion and advocate for enhancing Bitsight’s product features with evolving victim intelligence capabilities and data

🎯 Requirements

• Broad subject matter expertise across malware infrastructure and C2 methodologies • Experience developing detection rules and extracting IOCs from malware analysis • Demonstrated experience managing and leading high-performing technical teams in a research or security-focused environment • Demonstrated success architecting complex technical workflows, such as malware analysis, telemetry collection, or large-scale data processing • Strong communication and analytical skills, including the ability to identify and solve ambiguous problems • Proficient in standard scripting languages, such as Python and Go • B.S. in Computer Science or similar field, or commensurate experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Best in class benefits • Annual meal allowance of 9.60 EUR daily • Individual Target Bonus under the Corporate Bonus Plan, 15% annual • New Hire Stock Plan, 1,190 annual • Inclusive culture • Professional goals and skills expansion opportunities • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief