Cybersecurity Threat Researcher (Hybrid)
At its midpoint, $95k/yr, this role pays less than the $193k/yr midpoint for Threat Intelligence & Security Research openings today (usual band $159k–$278k/yr).
The full posting
KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.
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The Cybersecurity Threat Researcher works in the KnowBe4 Threat Research Lab, and is responsible for deploying and configuring various security products and solutions such as endpoint, email, web and network protection.
Responsibilities
- Analysing trends and patterns in large data-sets to establish threat trends across regions, industries and business segment sizes.
- Have a passion for cyber security and thrive on solving difficult and complex problems.
- Have a genuine interest in mitigating phishing attacks and be familiar with recent vulnerabilities in our space.
- Investigate phishing emails and have an understanding of Malware Analysis (Configuration of isolated Malware Analysis VM, Identification of File Formats, Basic Static & Dynamic analysis)
- Experience with Threat Actor Tools and techniques
- Enjoy sharing their knowledge and working with team members and external stakeholders.
- Ability to communicate threat knowledge in a customer facing environment
- Assist and enable various departments within KnowBe4 with Threat Intelligence
- Triage, investigate, and respond to alerts coming in from the Knowbe4 email platform efficiently and without support.
- Independent research projects to contribute regularly to external-facing Knowbe4 Threat Labs content, such as blogs
Requirements
- BS or equivalent plus 3 years experience
- MS or equivalent plus 1 year experience
- Well versed with IOCs, reverse engineering and threat campaign tracking
- Experience in malicious URL and phishing Email analysis
- Familiarity with Python automation preferred
- Experience in customer-facing environments
- Experience with triaging complex customer queries.
- Experience with databases (SQL or MQL) preferable
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
The compensation for this position ranges from $90,000 - $100,000, which will vary depending on how well an applicant's skills and experience align with the job description listed above.
Our Fantastic Benefits
We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits .
Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.
Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.
No recruitment agencies, please.
Where you can work
This role is 100% remote, for applicants located in United States.
Text as KnowBe4 published it; last compared with the original on 11 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details and LinkedIn, then 11 questions.
- 1.If selected "Events", please specify.Short answer · optional
- 2.If selected "Other", please specify.Short answer · optional
- 3.How well do you know us? Please select all of the following sources/tools that you have used to research KnowBe4 and learn more about us.Pick any (11 options)
- 4.If "Other", please specify.Short answer · optional
- 5.School NameShort answer · optional
- 6.Are you a current employee at KnowBe4?Yes or no
- 7.Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?Yes or no
- 8.Do you now, or will you in the future, require immigration sponsorship for work authorization (e.g., H-1B, etc.)?Yes or no
- 9.Are you located in or a national of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Syria, or currently located in the Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, or Zaporizhzhia territories? If so, indicate which territories.Pick any (10 options)
- 10.I understand and agree that KnowBe4 does not permit the use of AI tools or assistance during the interview process. Exceptions may be made for approved reasonable accommodations (please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation toPick one: I agree
- 11.Are you located in the Arlington, VA area and able to work in office on a hybrid basis?Yes or no
Taken from KnowBe4's application form as it stood on 11 Nov 2026.
The employer: KnowBe4
KnowBe4 sells security awareness and phishing simulation to organizations; it is hiring threat researchers, information security analysts and client security advisors.
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