Staff Windows Security Researcher

SentinelOne is looking for a Staff Windows Security Researcher to join their team. The successful candidate will work on real-world problems, making an impact by preventing customers from being attacked. The team leads the vulnerabilities, exploits, and anti-tampering research for all of their security products under the Windows platforms.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in security research, ideally focused on Windows platforms
• Strong knowledge of Windows Kernel development and/or low-level research
• Deep understanding of vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques targeting Windows (both usermode and kernelmode)
• Excellent understanding of Windows Internals, including components like processes and threads, memory management, IPC, security models, system services, and tracing mechanisms
• Proven ability to conduct both offensive and defensive security research
• At least 3 years of experience in reverse engineering (x86/x64, static and dynamic)
• Solid understanding of C, C++, and assembly, especially for analyzing low-level code and understanding system behavior
• Hands-on experience with analysis tools such as IDA, Ghidra, WinDBG, SysInternals, etc.
• Good understanding of EDR, EPP, and AV internals

Benefits

• Salary from 4000 EUR/month
• Yearly % bonus depending on the performance of the company, paid out in 2 installments
• Flexible working hours & Full remote within Slovakia; optional membership in major co-working spaces
• Generous employee stock plan in the form of RSUs (restricted stock units) grant not options; 4 years vesting with 1 year cliff and then quarterly
• Meal Allowance (maximum value of the employer’s contribution per day: €4.29)
• Wellbeing Allowance (€120/month)
• Flexible Time Off (on top of the standard 5 weeks of vacation)
• Flexible Paid Sick Days
• Fully Paid Short Term Sick/Short Term Nursing Leave
• Global gender-neutral Parental Leave (16 weeks, beyond the leave provided by the local laws) & Grandparent Leave
• Volunteering paid day off & Additional paid Company holidays off (e.g. 4 days in 2022)
• Pension insurance contribution
• Premium Life Insurance covered by S1
• Global Employee Assistance Program (confidential counseling related to both personal and work life matters), Wellness Coach:Mind Body Sleep app company access (sessions, audiobooks, classes, private coaching etc.)
• High-end MacBook or Windows laptop, Home-office-setup gear & on top of that additional WFH Allowance
• Udemy Business platform for Hard/Soft skills Training, internal mentoring 'MentorOne' & Support for your further educational activities/trainings
• Above-standard referral bonus
• Yearly bonus depending on the performance of the company
• On top of RSUs, you can benefit also from our attractive ESPP (employee stock purchase plan)
• Optional company events for those who like to meet outside of work too - mostly in Czechia expensed as business trip (sport, BBQ, charity etc.)

Originally posted on Himalayas