Senior Security Research Engineer

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

About the Role:

The Elastic Security Endpoint Protections team researches, designs, and builds visibility and detection capabilities that are integrated into Elastic Defend, our endpoint and SIEM security solution. We are looking for a Senior Security Research Engineer to join our team and help us build new, innovative features to help secure our users against the latest emerging threats. You will collaborate with the broader Elastic Security team, which consists of a diverse group of skilled researchers, data scientists, and engineers who possess extensive domain expertise in their respective areas. Our geographically dispersed team values positivity and inclusivity in the workplace, clear communication, collaborative learning, and guided mentorship.

If you have a passion for security research and would enjoy the challenge of devising novel methods for thwarting malicious actors in an ever-evolving threat landscape, join our growing team!

What You Will Be Doing:

• Research emerging attacker techniques and develop innovative, effective, and resilient detection features.
• Integrate extended eventing and visibility capabilities into our endpoint codebase.
• Improve efficacy of our detection features by rapidly responding to emerging threats.
• Implement endpoint code in collaboration with peers in multiple countries and time zones.
• Review telemetry data and establish mitigation strategies to limit potential false positives and performance impact.
• Present research material at security conferences and publish technical content on the Elastic Security Labs.
• Contribute to open source Elastic projects used by organizations around the world.
• Investigate security threats at scale with our global community of users.

What You Will Bring Along:

• 5+ years of professional experience analyzing attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and developing detection methods for security threats
• Strong development experience primarily in C, C++, and Python.
• In-depth reverse engineering and malware analysis experience.
• Verbose knowledge of Windows internals, core features, and system architecture.
• Collaborative mentality with a strong disposition to learn new skills and technologies.
• Motivation to succeed in a distributed, fast-paced, and autonomous work environment.

Bonus Points:

• Significant experience in Windows development.
• Enterprise application development experience.
• Red teaming Windows networks.
• Vulnerability research and exploit development.

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.  The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. 

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.  

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:$128,300—$203,000 CAD

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

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