Senior Security Researcher

Noida, India

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Bolster Inc.

Bolster AI Security platform protects against phishing and scam activity with domain monitoring & takedowns, social media and app store protection

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As a Senior Security Researcher, you will be responsible for discovering, analyzing, and collecting online threats that multiple companies will use to protect their customers online. We are looking for a hands-on researcher who can help us uncover online threats on the web, social media platforms, and the dark web. In this role, you will also help improve our core detection engine by providing design ideas and probable flaws.

What will you do?

  • Threat hunting using open-source and Bolster's proprietary tools on the web, social media, and dark web
  • Identify improvements to the existing threat-hunting and detection process
  • Analyze large-scale threat intel datasets and phishing kits to provide insights
  • Work with software engineers on the team to implement novel threat collection and detection solutions
  • Support ad hoc data collection and analysis requests from teams across the organization
  • Write code to automate repetitive analysis and reporting tasks
  • Write technical papers and blogs

Requirements

  • 5+ experience in the field of security research and/ or threat intelligence
  • Strong experience with large-scale data analysis and pattern recognition
  • Experience in threat hunting on the web/ social media/ dark web
  • Working knowledge of a scripting language like Python
  • Fluent in English communication and experienced with working on tight deadlines
  • Experienced in writing technical papers and blogs in past roles

Good to haves

  • BS/ MS degree in the field of computer science/ similar
  • Familiarity with database querying (SQL/ NoSQL)
  • Work experience in the field of phishing detection
Why BolsterWe are funded by top-tier investors led by Thomvest Ventures and Crosslink Capital, with participation from Cyber Mentor Fund, Nexxus Venture Partners, and Rain Capital. Our team has over 100 years of combined cybersecurity experience at Cisco, Symantec, McAfee, Bell Labs, Open DNS, and Zing Box. Our AI/ML technology protects regular citizens from bad actors on the internet, using industry-leading deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning models for highly accurate real-time detection & automated takedown of fraudulent sites at internet scale. We also brought our technology to the community with CheckPhish, https://checkphish.ai. It is free and protects millions of consumers from phishing, fraud, and fake sites every day. Charities, non-profits, social benefit corps, and schools are targets too. To aid the world, we will give our technology & services for free or at cost to any approved charity, non-profit, or social benefit corporations. Our work is challenging but fun. We're all about shipping elegant, high-leverage products.  Bolster cares deeply about collaboration, feedback, and iteration. Trust and respect are deeply rooted in our great culture. Our inspiring proven leaders are hiring great people, providing super benefits, and making an impact on the world! Learn about our cultural values:  https://bolster.ai/about-us Bolster Inc. is committed to the safety and well-being of our employees, our communities, and the public. Therefore, we require that all employees be fully vaccinated with an FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment.  Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Tags: Computer Science DNS Machine Learning NoSQL Python Scripting SQL Threat intelligence

Perks/benefits: Career development

Region: Asia/Pacific
Country: India
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Category: Research Jobs

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