Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher
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Overview
We’re a team of ex-Google engineers who built some of the largest defensive platforms on the planet - Safe Browsing and reCAPTCHA. Now, we’re striking out on our own to tackle an even bigger challenge: stopping the new wave of adversarial AI attacks already hitting organizations today.
We're going after a $5B+ market, ripe for disruption. Traditional detection methods are too slow to keep up. Adversaries are using AI to craft customized, high-evasion attacks - and old-school rules-based systems don’t stand a chance.
The Role
We are seeking a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst to join our growing team. This role blends hands-on investigation of phishing, BEC, and malware campaigns with research and thought leadership that advances the broader cybersecurity community.
You will lead investigations into real-world email threats, contribute directly to detection improvements, and publish high-quality analysis (blogs, whitepapers, presentations) to establish AegisAI as a leader in the space.
This is a high-impact, customer-facing and industry-facing role where your research will shape our product roadmap and thought leadership strategy.
This role goes beyond triaging alerts
- You’ll investigate and reverse-engineer real-world email attacks.
- Identify patterns and trends in attacker behavior and translate those insights into improvements for our detection systems.
- Collaborate with engineering to shape how our AI models adapt to emerging threats.
- Produce written reports and analysis that we can share publicly, helping raise the bar for email security as an industry.
What You'll Do
- Investigate Campaigns: Analyze phishing, BEC, and malware-based campaigns to uncover attacker infrastructure, TTPs, and trends.
- Detection Improvement: Collaborate with engineering and data science teams to feed intelligence into our AI detection models and automation workflows.
- Malware & Artifact Analysis: Perform static and dynamic analysis of malicious files, links, and payloads using sandbox and forensic tools.
- Customer & Partner Engagement: Provide actionable threat insights to customers and support investigations with clear, executive-ready reporting.
- Threat Intelligence Publications: Write blogs, advisories, and industry-facing research reports that highlight emerging threats and novel findings.
- Community Engagement: Represent AegisAI at conferences, webinars, and industry events to share insights and build credibility.
- Playbooks & Knowledge Sharing: Document attack patterns, build runbooks, and share learnings with internal teams and the wider security community.
Who You Are
- 7+ years of cybersecurity experience , with at least 3–4 years focused on threat intelligence and investigations .
- Hands-on experience in email security investigations (phishing, BEC, spam campaigns).
- Strong knowledge of malware analysis tools and methodologies (sandboxing, static/dynamic analysis, reverse engineering basics).
- Track record of published threat research (blogs, papers, advisories, or conference presentations).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills - able to translate technical findings into impactful narratives for both executives and security professionals.
- Familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK , and threat intel platforms like MISP or Recorded Future.
Bonus
- Prior public presentations at security conferences (SANS, FS-ISAC, Black Hat, mWISE, etc.).
- Experience engaging with journalists or industry analysts on emerging threats.
Our culture
- Flat, flexible, and fast.
- You’ll own your decisions.
- You’ll have clear KPIs for success - but how you get there is up to you.
- Development cycles are measured in days, not weeks.
- If you’re hungry to build AI that fights AI, and want to work with a team that moves at the speed of the real world, come talk to us.
Text as AegisAI published it; last compared with the original on 12 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details and LinkedIn, then 1 question.
- 1.Tell us about the most difficult analysis you've completed in the last two years.Short answer
Taken from AegisAI's application form as it stood on 12 Nov 2026.
The employer: AegisAI
Uses AI agents to catch phishing and other email attacks; hiring a threat intelligence researcher in New York and a remote security administrator.
Pay and benefits: Early-stage startup staff roles, one in New York City and one remote in the US.
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