Threat Detection Researcher (Cloud)

Come join the company that is reinventing cloud security and empowering businesses to thrive in the cloud. As the fastest-growing startup ever, Wiz is on a mission to help organizations secure cloud environments that will accelerate their businesses. Trusted by security teams all over the world, we have a proven track record of success and a culture that values world-class talent.

Our Wizards from over 20 countries work together to protect the infrastructure of our hundreds of customers, including over 50% of the Fortune 100, who trust us to scan and secure over 230 billion files daily. We’re the leading player in a massive and growing market, but it’s still early enough for you to make a significant impact. At Wiz, you’ll have the freedom to think creatively, dream big, and use your full range of skills to contribute to our record growth. Come join our team and help us create secure cloud environments that allow the best companies to move faster.

Summary

We're looking for a Threat Detection Researcher to join the Threat Research team and spread the power of Wiz. In this role, you will further develop the Cloud-native Threat Detection domain.

What You’ll Do

• Design behavioral baselines for complex cloud environments using diverse signals, and develop high-fidelity detections based on those baselines.
• Expand Wiz's detection engine with novel and high-impact telemetry sources, pushing the boundaries of what can be detected in modern cloud environments.
• Conduct deep technical research into complex cloud services to uncover novel attack vectors.
• Investigate real-world attacks across cloud environments, identity providers (IDPs), and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platforms.
• Hunt and analyze emerging threats and active campaigns targeting cloud ecosystems.
  
  

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in security or threat research, with a proven track record of driving investigations to actionable, real-world impact.
• Strong self-motivation and ability to independently drive complex research projects from concept to delivery.
• Clear and effective communicator with excellent collaboration skills, comfortable working across teams and disciplines.
  
  

• Experience conducting data-driven research and working with large-scale telemetry.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, and modern cloud-native architectures.
• Background in incident response, red teaming, or threat hunting.
• Hands-on experience building and shipping security detections as part of a product.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, and query languages (e.g., KQL, SQL).