Threat Research Analyst (Contract)

As a Threat Research Analyst (Contract) at Material Security, you will be contributing directly to the product by improving the capability to detect email-based threats. Your role is to leverage your analytical skills to analyze and classify a large volume of threats that have been able to sneak past other email security systems.. Please note this is an hourly-based, contract role.

Responsibilities

• Review suspicious emails shared with us by customers or classified by automated systems

• Identify sensitive information, signals, and features that are useful for training message classification systems 

What We’re Looking For

• Technical Maturity: The ability to distinguish threats from otherwise innocuous emails is key. Ideal candidates have experience detecting, classifying, and understanding the source of internet-based threats. 

• Strong Communication: The ideal candidate possesses outstanding technical and non-technical written and verbal communication 

• Attitude & Ambition: The best candidates are smart, hard-working, competitive, and not afraid to fail. They are team first but willing to take the lead with minimal guidance and supervision.

Material Security is a remote-first workplace with an office in San Francisco, California.

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Compensation at Material Security is determined by a range of factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $30/hour to $45/hour.