Staff Threat Research Engineer

Sumo Logic

20h

About The Position

We’re looking for a staff‑level threat researcher who thrives at the intersection of data and adversary tradecraft. In this role, you’ll use your practitioner experience to uncover attacker behaviors, test them in realistic environments, and turn those insights into detection content that directly improves customer outcomes. You’ll explore and exploit a variety of security technologies, with an emphasis on cloud and AI environments, to build, validate, and tune detections that reflect the latest attack techniques. In addition to applying existing research, you’ll have opportunities to conduct original investigations, from malware analysis to infrastructure tracking and honeypot monitoring, designed to uncover novel insights that shape future detection strategies.

Requirements

• 12+ years of cybersecurity experience that includes a mix of: Senior/Principal SOC analyst, threat hunter, or purple team practitioner
• Incident responder or detection engineer roles
• Demonstrated ability to progress threat research into actionable detections and incident response outcomes.
• Experience conducting original or self‑directed threat research that resulted in novel findings — for example, malware or infrastructure analysis, honeypot operations, or similar investigative work leading to actionable insights.
• Broad knowledge of multiple technology stacks and a strong curiosity to learn new platforms.
• Deep experience with multiple major public clouds (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and familiarity with analyzing cloud‑native logs and telemetry.
• Understanding of emerging attack techniques targeting AI infrastructure and machine learning pipelines (e.g., data poisoning, model theft, or prompt injection), and familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATLAS.
• Proven history of thought leadership through blogs, LinkedIn articles, or conference presentations.
• Background in the cybersecurity vendor space, with experience providing expert feedback to product and engineering teams.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in customer-facing technical roles (consulting, remote support, or advisory).
• Hands‑on familiarity with offensive security tools (Atomic Red Team, Sliver, Cobalt Strike, etc.).
• Scripting or automation capability (Python, PowerShell, etc.).
• Experience with Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) technology.
• Recognized presence or active participation in the security community (e.g., X/Twitter, conferences, open source).
• Experience applying AI or machine learning techniques to improve operational efficiency and automation across the detection rule development lifecycle — from research and validation to deployment and tuning.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and test threat detection logic in a lab environment, validating against real‑world attacker behaviors and ensuring technical alignment with Sumo Logic SIEM capabilities.
• Conduct original threat research, such as analyzing malware, tracking infrastructure, or experimenting with honeypots, and translate findings into detection opportunities.
• Investigate industry and adversary trends to identify emerging detection opportunities.
• Collaborate with product management and fellow Threat Labs engineers to scope and prioritize detection campaigns.
• Maintain and expand Threat Labs’ research lab infrastructure.
• Provide practitioner feedback to engineering and product management to inform feature design and roadmap decisions.
• Contribute to the security community through blogs, conference talks, open source projects, and public research contributions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees