Posted Aug 25, 2026

Threat Intelligence Researcher – Cloud

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Job Description: • Identify, analyze, and track advanced state-backed or financially motivated attackers targeting cloud ecosystems • Hunt through diverse data sources to identify malicious campaigns targeting Wiz customers • Use open and closed data to track infrastructure and malware used by advanced actors • Investigate and attribute incidents, campaigns, and threat actors to understand attackers and their motivations • Communicate novel findings to customers and the public Requirements: • 5+ years of experience in security or threat research focused on advanced state-backed actors or sophisticated financially motivated campaigns • Proven track record tracking sophisticated threat actors • Ability to develop novel and durable methods for identifying and tracking threat actors across multiple datasets • Deep expertise in at least one actor-tracking mechanism, such as malware or infrastructure • Experience with large-scale telemetry, infrastructure hunting, query languages, and scripting • Familiarity with malware analysis and YARA • Willingness to take on multiple roles to build actor tracking • Knowledge of attacker targeting of AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, and modern cloud-native architectures • Experience building repeatable and scalable tools for exploiting data sources • Track record of publicly communicating novel and newsworthy findings • Background in incident response, threat intelligence, or threat hunting • Legal right to work in the United States without visa sponsorship Benefits: • Base salary of $160,000–$220,000 USD per year • Bonus • Equity • Benefits • Google benefits • Equal opportunity employment