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Staff Cloud Security Researcher

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Hybrid (CZ/SK)Full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Staff Cloud Workload Security Researcher role focusing on researching evasions, cloud attack paths, and innovative detection strategies across Windows, Linux, and macOS within SentinelOne’s AI-native platform.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively look for the newest and most sophisticated attack techniques, deeply research and understand their internals, and emulate these attacks to assess and improve detection engines.
  • Conduct comprehensive analysis of potential attack paths within diverse systems and networks in cloud environments.
  • Identify and prioritize potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses that could be exploited by cyber adversaries in cloud platforms.
  • Build tools to support detection assessments, create proofs of concept for the newest techniques, and contribute to the design of innovative detection strategies.
  • Work closely with the threat intelligence team and engineering detection teams to provide guidance and highlight gaps in detection and visibility capabilities.

Qualifications

  • Experience in cloud attack path analysis, vulnerability assessment, and threat modeling.
  • Familiarity with cloud services, Kubernetes, cloud architecture, and major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, and Azure).
  • In-depth understanding of the cloud ecosystem, security principles, services, configurations, best practices, and relevant frameworks.
  • 4 or more years of experience in red teaming, security research, or offensive research, with a deep understanding of OS internals (Windows/Linux).
  • Hands-on experience coding in Python and C/C++.
  • Understanding of existing EDR internals.
  • Experience leveraging agentic AI workflows for detection engineering tasks (reverse engineering, code auditing, signature writing).
  • A proven track record of conference speaking at security conferences or publications is an advantage.
  • Experience writing detection signatures or heuristics is an advantage.

Skills

Required:Cloud attack path analysisKubernetesCloud securityOS internalsPythonC/C++
Nice to have:EDR internalsAI workflowsPublic speaking / publicationsDetection signatures/heuristics

Benefits

  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Performance-based bonus
  • Flexible time off, on top of the standard 5 weeks PTO
  • Paid company wellness days and fully paid short-term sick/nursing leave
  • Gender-neutral parental leave
  • Private medical care benefit
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Pension Insurance contribution
  • Global business travel medical insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Global home office allowance
  • Meal allowance
  • Hybrid work in Prague (Karlin), Brno (Clubco) or remote in CZ/SK. Only Prague-based employees are required to work from the office at least 2 days/week.
  • Wellbeing allowance
  • MultiSport benefit program
  • Wellness Coach app
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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