Senior Security Researcher

About Us:

Reclaim Security is an AI-driven cybersecurity startup, backed by leading investors, focused on transforming security remediation. Recognized by Gartner as a visionary in emerging categories Automated Security Control Assessment (ASCA) and Preemptive Exposure Management, our platform helps global enterprises move beyond endless prioritization lists to automated, intelligent issue resolution, ensuring both security and business continuity. 

About the Role:

As a Senior Security Researcher at Reclaim Security, you will turn deep technical insight into real-world exposure remediation. You will explore OS internals, identity and security controls, and live telemetry to discover novel ways to disrupt attackers while keeping businesses running smoothly. Your work will span hands-on research, customer-facing guidance on safe remediation, and close collaboration with engineering to shape the algorithms and AI models that power our platform. This role is ideal for a researcher who loves digging into complex security problems, explaining them clearly to both experts and executives, and seeing their ideas ship in a product used by leading enterprises.

Responsibilities:

Research & Innovation

• Leverage existing security controls in novel ways to disrupt attackers and minimize threats
• Research OS internals, security controls, and deployment platforms to uncover how they work and can be leveraged
• Harness assets’ (users, devices, applications, etc.) behavioral data and telemetry to anticipate productivity risks and fine-tune defenses
• Monitor emerging threats, technologies, and best practices to stay ahead

Customer Engagement & Thought Leadership

• Lead customer discussions on exposure remediation, communicating both the security risk reduction benefits and the safe, low-impact nature of implementation  
• Guide customers through exposure remediation deployments, ensuring successful implementation and adoption
• Present findings to both technical and executive stakeholders, with opportunities for conference presentations and industry publications Product Development
• Collaborate with engineering to build and refine algorithms that optimizesecurity posture while ensuring safe, business-aware implementation
• Contribute to our threat intelligence pipeline and help refine our AI models for impact prediction
• Research and integrate new security tools and concepts into the Reclaim platform to expand remediation capabilities

Requirements:

• Experience: 4+ years in cybersecurity research, threat analysis, or advanced security engineering roles

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with query languages (SQL, KQL, or similar security data platforms)
• Research Capabilities: Demonstrated ability to identify novel security problems and develop innovative solutions
• Identity Security: Thorough understanding of identity security concepts, tools and security controls (e.g., MFA, Conditional Access, etc.)
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting technical findings to diverse audiences
• Collaboration: Proven track record working effectively in cross-functional teams and fast-paced environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or related technical field
• Hands-on experience with data analysis and machine learning techniques for behavioral prediction
• Familiarity with threat intelligence frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model)
• Experience implementing Okta/Entra ID and/or security controls in enterprises, whether in these tools or other identity providers
• Experience with security research methodologies and vulnerability analysis
• Previous publications, conference presentations, or open source contributions in cybersecurity