Senior Staff Security Researcher

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $180k - $225k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Zscaler

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 2008

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 Secondary Market on 2017-11

Cybersecurity • SaaS • Enterprise

Zscaler is a leading provider of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions, specializing in Zero Trust architecture. The company enhances security and connectivity for organizations by enabling seamless, secure access to applications and data across various environments, including the cloud, on-premises data centers, and IoT systems. With proven ROI and significant reductions in cybersecurity risks, Zscaler empowers enterprises to protect their digital resources while optimizing operational costs.

📋 Description

• Monitor, inspect, and evaluate agentic incidents and investigations across customer environments • Perform root-cause analysis across source alerts, data pipelines, and agent reasoning • Supply evidence-backed feedback to the AI team • Define telemetry fields and contextual requirements for analyst-grade investigations • Ensure the content layer reliably surfaces required data across detection surfaces • Research, analyze, and onboard end-to-end telemetry from emerging security vendor APIs and log schemas • Map telemetry into a unified security data model • Architect telemetry normalization, multi-source correlation, and governance frameworks • Maintain data integrity and consistency across vendor mappings • Design, implement, and benchmark incident rules and triage logic • Eliminate false positives and validate alert-grouping precision • Partner with AI engineers, platform architects, product managers, and global research teams • Govern data quality and improve the accuracy and reliability of agentic conclusions

🎯 Requirements

• Practical experience working with, evaluating, or optimizing AI agents, large language models, or automated reasoning workflows in security operations or threat analysis • 10+ years of dedicated experience in security engineering, detection engineering, threat hunting, or threat research within an enterprise SOC, MDR provider, or security vendor • Comprehensive expertise in enterprise security telemetry schemas and trust boundaries across endpoint (EDR), identity (Entra ID, Okta, Active Directory), cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP audit logs), and network (ZTNA, proxy, firewall, DNS) • Advanced analytical and data querying proficiency using SQL or equivalent data analysis languages • Hands-on proficiency modifying schemas and data pipelines using Python and JSON • Ability to rapidly adopt proprietary query tools and APIs • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills capable of translating complex security telemetry and AI behaviors into actionable technical specifications • Specialized expertise designing, evaluating, and fine-tuning multi-agent architectures or autonomous LLM reasoning frameworks for threat triage and incident response • Strong background in offensive security, red teaming, or penetration testing • Practical experience with open security data schemas such as OCSF, ECS, Google UDM, or Splunk CIM • Track record of developing commercial security products in high-growth environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Various health plans • Time off plans for vacation and sick time • Parental leave options • Retirement options • Education reimbursement • In-office perks • Hybrid working model

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