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Threat Researcher

Abnormal AI· Threat Intelligence
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Remote$122.4k - $176kFull-timePosted 2d ago

About the role

Threat Researcher role within Abnormal AI's Threat Intelligence team focused on original research into active campaigns, attacker behavior, and emerging email and identity attack techniques, with intelligence synthesis and customer-facing deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Independently scope and lead complex or ambiguous threat intelligence investigations into active campaigns, attacker behavior, TTPs, and emerging email and identity attack techniques. Determine appropriate research approaches, evaluate incomplete or conflicting evidence, and develop defensible intelligence assessments with limited direction.
  • Use Abnormal's platform, internal telemetry and data, threat intelligence sources, and external research to investigate threats and develop intelligence assessments.
  • Identify meaningful patterns, connections, and emerging trends across threat activity.
  • Develop a strong understanding of how Abnormal detects and responds to the threats you analyze.
  • Independently synthesize complex and sometimes conflicting intelligence from disparate sources, determine the most consequential insights, and develop defensible assessments and recommendations tailored to the audience and decision at hand.
  • Determine what is most relevant to a particular audience, customer situation, or business objective.
  • Translate raw findings into insight, implications, recommendations, and a clear narrative.
  • Adapt the depth, framing, terminology, and format of intelligence based on the audience.
  • Connect technical threat activity to business risk and explain why it matters.
  • Produce a range of intelligence deliverables, including threat briefs, analytical reports, intelligence content and narratives for customer QBRs, customer and prospect briefings, webinars and presentations, marketing and outreach content, executive-level intelligence summaries.
  • Create both rapid-turnaround intelligence products and deeper analytical work.
  • Build reusable narratives, templates, and content structures that improve consistency and scale.
  • Maintain high standards for sourcing, analytical accuracy, clarity, and editorial quality.
  • Independently lead customer and prospect intelligence engagements, including complex or high-visibility threat briefings, webinars, and presentations.
  • Adapt technical depth and narrative in real time, respond to challenging questions, and ensure the intelligence supports the audience's decisions.
  • Work with Sales and Customer Success to understand the context behind a customer or prospect request and tailor intelligence accordingly.
  • Respond to time-sensitive customer questions and high-priority pursuits with accurate, relevant, and well-sourced analysis.
  • Develop trusted relationships with customer-facing stakeholders and use their feedback to improve intelligence products.
  • Collaborate with Threat Intelligence and Detection teams to incorporate research and technical findings into customer-ready intelligence.
  • Serve as a technical resource and mentor to P1 and P2 analysts, strengthening analytical judgment, research methods, intelligence synthesis, and product quality through coaching, peer review, and knowledge sharing.
  • Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing to understand upcoming customer moments, pursuits, and content needs.
  • Provide targeted enablement and supporting materials that help GTM teams understand and use intelligence effectively.
  • Feed insights from customer and field interactions back to Threat Intelligence teams to inform research and detection priorities.
  • Use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Copilot, and similar technologies to accelerate research, synthesis, drafting, tailoring, and editing.
  • Develop practical workflows and automation that reduce time spent on routine work while maintaining analytical rigor.
  • Apply appropriate human review and validation to ensure AI-assisted work is accurate, well-sourced, and analytically sound.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in threat intelligence, SOC operations, or a closely related cybersecurity discipline.
  • Working knowledge of email and identity attack techniques and the ability to understand and explain IOCs, TTPs, attack campaigns, and threat behavior.
  • Demonstrated experience conducting security research and producing written intelligence or security content for different audiences.
  • Strong ability to synthesize technical research and data from multiple sources into clear intelligence assessments, narratives, and recommendations.
  • Demonstrated analytical judgment in complex or ambiguous investigations, including evaluating incomplete or conflicting evidence and developing defensible assessments with limited direction.
  • Familiarity with threat intelligence platforms, intelligence-sharing communities, and threat hunting concepts.
  • Strong writing skills and ability to communicate complex technical subjects clearly and concisely.
  • Ability to independently present complex technical intelligence to customers, executives, security practitioners, or other stakeholders.
  • Experience working directly with customers or cross-functional stakeholders and translating technical findings into business relevance.
  • Proficiency with AI tools to enhance research, analysis, and writing.
  • Strong project management and prioritization skills.
  • Ability to remain calm and accurate in high-pressure situations.
  • Ability to scope, prioritize, and deliver complex intelligence work from investigation to customer-ready communication.
  • Willingness to mentor and strengthen the capabilities of other analysts.
  • Experience using AI tools or automation to scale research, analysis, or content production.
  • Working knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and common attack techniques, including phishing, BEC, credential harvesting, malware, and account takeover.
  • Basic proficiency in SQL to write and modify queries for threat intelligence research.

Skills

Required:Threat intelligence analysisAnalytical writingPublic speaking / customer-facing briefingAI-assisted researchMITRE ATT&CK knowledgeSQL
Last updated Oct 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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