About the job
About Zscaler
Zscaler stands as a trailblazer and worldwide authority in zero trust security solutions. Major corporations, essential infrastructure entities, and governmental organizations depend on Zscaler for safeguarding users, branches, applications, data, and devices, while also facilitating their digital transformation journeys. With a presence in over 160 data centers worldwide, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform, integrated with cutting-edge AI, tackles billions of cyber threats and policy breaches daily, driving productivity enhancements for contemporary enterprises by minimizing costs and complexity.
Here, the impact of your role is paramount, transcending titles, and trust is cultivated through results. We foster transparency and appreciate constructive, honest discussions, our focus is on arriving at superior ideas swiftly. We assemble high-performance teams that deliver meaningful contributions rapidly and with excellence. To achieve this, we nurture a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.
We advocate for an “AI Forward, People First” philosophy aimed at accelerating and innovating, empowering our team members to unlock their potential. If you are motivated by purpose, excel in tackling intricate challenges, and aspire to make a significant positive impact globally, we encourage you to leverage your skills at Zscaler and help redefine the future of cybersecurity.
Role
We are in search of a Senior Threat Researcher to join our Threat Detection Group within ThreatLabz. Reporting to the Manager of Threat Research, you will primarily engage in static and dynamic malware analysis, crafting defenses to protect millions of users across our global platform. This role entails conducting reputation analysis on Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), generating datasets for machine learning models, and contributing to the research of advanced threat protection modules to ensure our infrastructure adheres to the highest security standards.
What you’ll do (Role Expectations)
Execute static and dynamic malware analyses while developing robust protections against emerging threats.
Perform reputation analysis on IOCs derived from malicious samples to bolster platform intelligence.
Monitor threat landscape trends and devise innovative solutions for enhanced defense mechanisms.
