Senior Cybersecurity Researcher

Senior Cybersecurity Researcher – DFIR & Threat Hunting

We’re looking for an experienced and hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Researcher specializing in Digital Forensics, Incident Response (DFIR), and Threat Hunting.

In this role, you’ll dive deep into technical investigations, uncover attacker activity across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments, and deliver actionable intelligence to strengthen our clients’ defenses.

If you thrive on forensic deep dives, high-stakes investigations, and proactively hunting sophisticated adversaries - this role is for you.

📌 Responsibilities

• Acquire and analyze volatile memory, disk images, and other digital evidence from compromised systems
• Investigate persistence mechanisms, timeline artifacts, and attacker actions across Windows and Linux environments
• Leverage forensic tools such as Velociraptor, Volatility, and Plaso to extract IOCs and reconstruct attack paths
• Lead or support incident response engagements, from triage to containment and recovery
• Conduct proactive threat hunts across SIEM, EDR, and log sources to uncover stealthy adversary behavior
• Develop and tune detection rules, YARA signatures, and forensic playbooks
• Analyze malware, scripts, and implants to identify C2 infrastructure and attacker capabilities
• Provide remediation guidance and hardening recommendations to strengthen defenses
• Produce detailed forensic reports and deliver both technical and executive briefings

✅ Requirements

5+ ✔️ years of experience in DFIR, threat hunting, or incident response

✔️ Strong expertise with forensic tools

✔️ Deep knowledge of Windows internals, Linux artifacts, and file system forensics

✔️ Hands-on malware analysis and binary reversing experience

✔️ Familiarity with SIEM (Splunk, ELK) and EDR (CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint)

✔️ Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash for automation and IOC parsing

✔️ Excellent communication skills in English – both written and spoken

✔️ Advantage: prior experience leading or mentoring technical teams

Think you’re a match? Let’s talk.