Staff Cyber Threat Intelligence Researcher

Bitsight is a cyber risk management leader transforming how companies manage exposure, performance, and risk for themselves and their third parties. Companies rely on Bitsight to prioritize their cybersecurity investments, build greater trust within their ecosystem, and reduce their chances of financial loss.
Built on over a decade of technological innovation, its integrated solutions deliver value across enterprise security performance, digital supply chains, cyber insurance, and data analysis.

• We invented the cyber ratings industry in 2011
• Over 3000 customers trust Bitsight
• Over 750 teammates are dispersed throughout Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and remote

The Product Research team within Bitsight’s Security Research department focuses on technology and methodology development for security signal collection, processing, and analysis.  The team is part of Bitsight’s broader product development organization and will investigate and prototype new potential product capabilities.  This research position will own the functional area of threat actor intelligence data which underpins many of Bitsight’s platform capabilities.  This position is ideally suited to a candidate with a broad mix of threat intelligence, information security, and data analysis expertise with a passion for creating new products and capabilities.

Objectives & Responsibilities

• Curate, maintain, and own quality of knowledge bases of threat actor intelligence populating product features

• Serve as a cyber threat intelligence subject matter expert to advise product teams on product feature alignment with customer/practitioner workflows and data alignment with desired functionality

• Drive quality and innovation in Bitsight’s capabilities to collect insights into cyber threat actor activity 

• Design and research new methods for data collection and processing to introduce new product features or serve as enhancements to existing features.

• Perform data analysis on internally and externally derived datasets to assess data quality and conduct feasibility studies on new, potential product features

• Collaborate with product, data science, and engineering groups to translate proofs-of-concept into production product features

• Conduct research, writing, and presentations in support of flagship CTI reports, marketing activities, and customer engagements to promote key findings and capabilities

Skills

• Practical experience applying threat modeling frameworks to track threat actor activity

• Experience using large language models to augment analysis and data processing workflows

• Broad technical background across computer networking concepts and information security

• Ability to write scripts to process and analyze datasets and generate proofs-of-concept for new capabilities

• Capable of being self-motivated and operating autonomously on projects, or with others in a team. 

• Strong communication and analytical skills, including ability to identify and solve ambiguous problems.

• Ability to conduct statistical experiments and test hypotheses supporting feasibility studies of new product features

Education

B.S/M.S in Computer Science or similar field or commensurate experience.

Belonging & Inclusion. Bitsight is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.

Culture. We put our people first. Bitsight offers best in class benefits. We devote the same energy to nurturing our company's inclusive culture as we apply to serving our customers' needs. Working at Bitsight will give you the opportunity to fulfill your professional goals and expand your skills.

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Additional Information for United States of America Applicants:

Bitsight is committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Bitsight will not discharge, discipline or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant.

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Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with applicable law.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.