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Threat Intelligence & Security Research
Computed from 53 different pay ranges employers posted, by 35 employers, each counted as a year's pay (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours). 87 of the 142 open roles in this set give no salary.
Live threat intel & research roles
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$240,000/yrStaff Threat Researcher Endpoint/Cloud - Detections (opens the job details)
Arctic Wolf · Bengaluru, IND· todayDetails
Senior Threat Researcher - Endpoint/Cloud (opens the job details)
Arctic Wolf · Bengaluru, IND· todayDetails
Senior Threat Researcher, FTR (opens the job details)
Trend Micro · US Off-Site· 1d agoDetails
$147,000–$185,000/yr
Sr. Full Stack Engineer, Threat Intelligence (opens the job details)
Proofpoint · Remote· 1d agoDetails
$244,200.00/yr
Senior Staff Security Researcher (opens the job details)
Palo Alto Networks · Office - USA - CA - Headquarters· 2d agoDetails
$147,600.00–$238,700.00/yrSr. Staff Security Researcher (opens the job details)
Palo Alto Networks · Santa Clara, United States of America; San Francisco +2 more· 2d agoDetails
$147,600.00–$238,700.00/yrPrincipal Security Researcher (Advanced Threat Prevention) (opens the job details)
Palo Alto Networks · Santa Clara, United States of America· 2d agoDetails
$172,100.00–$278,300.00/yrSenior Security Researcher (opens the job details)
Palo Alto Networks · Santa Clara, United States of America· 2d agoDetails
$147,600.00–$238,700.00/yr
Study the attackers themselves: track threat groups and their infrastructure, reverse engineer malware, research new attack techniques, and turn what is found into reports, indicators and detections that defenders and customers can use. Common at security vendors and at large companies with their own intelligence teams.
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Threat Intelligence & Security Research. Study the attackers themselves: track threat groups and their infrastructure, reverse engineer malware, research new attack techniques, and turn what is found into reports, indicators and detections that defenders and customers can use. Its postings usually state $150k–$278k/yr, and the middle salary today is $193k/yr. 62 employers have posted it, for example Anthropic, OpenAI, Roblox.
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