Security Research Lead

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, IL

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Description

IONIX is seeking a hands-on Security Research Lead to guide a team of researchers while remaining deeply technical. Reporting to the CTO, you’ll set security research direction, develop detection content for our security platform, and help integrate new offense-inspired capabilities that keep customers ahead of emerging threats.

About IONIX

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Responsibilities

  • Shape the research agenda, coach experienced researchers, and foster a culture of curiosity and excellence.
  • Design and build proof-of-concept exploits and other detection logic that enhance our product.
  • Explore AI-driven or otherwise novel offensive techniques that can be safely leveraged to improve threat coverage.
  • Work closely with Product and Engineering to turn research into production-ready features.
  • Publish select findings, speak at events, and help position the company as a thought leader in security research.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on vulnerability research, exploit development, red-team, or related offensive security work.
  • 2+ years in a tech-lead or small-team-lead capacity, including mentoring and project ownership.
  • Proven ability to translate research into reliable, maintainable detections or security content.
  • Strong coding skills and solid understanding of modern exploit techniques and mitigations.
  • Clear, concise communication—able to explain complex findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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Tags: Exploit Exploits Offensive security

Perks/benefits: Team events

Region: Middle East
Country: Israel

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