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If you are a purpose-driven person who always sees the glass as half full, seizes opportunities, and has an urge to learn and develop your skills—we’d love to meet you.

About the job

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our innovative Security Research team. We're seeking a Security Researcher to help expand our product capabilities by developing custom collectors for various identity and access management platforms.

Overview

We are looking for a detail-oriented and curious Security Researcher with a strong background in penetration testing to join our Security Research team. This role will focus on researching, analyzing, and integrating diverse identity platforms into our attack path discovery and other solutions. The ideal candidate will have a passion for uncovering security flaws, and the ability to translate findings into actionable intelligence for our products, enabling them to gather and analyze data from diverse identity platforms, as well as strong interest in cybersecurity, identity management, and a desire to learn about different technology platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain advanced techniques and tools for identifying and aligning Identity Security configurations in Active Directory and Entra ID environments with different security benchmarks and controls.

• Conduct in-depth research on various software platforms to understand their architecture, authentication mechanisms, and potential identity-centric attack paths.

• Analyze the structure and data models of different software platforms to determine the best integration approach with our identity security solutions.

• Conduct extensive research and analysis of Active Directory and Entra ID security risks, vulnerabilities, and attacks.

• Develop and maintain advanced techniques and tools for identifying and mitigating security threats in Active Directory and Entra ID environments.

• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code in C# and PowerShell,

• Collaborate with team members to design and implement custom data collectors and integrators to leverage findings from researched platforms.

• Stay updated on new identity platforms and contribute to the documentation of integration processes and best practices.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in Security Research, with a focus on Active Directory or Entra ID techniques.

• Proficiency in PowerShell and C# programming language.

• Strong understanding in networking with advanced knowledge on - NTLM, Kerberos, SMB, Oauth, SMB, RPC .

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work independently

• Familiarity with industry-accepted security benchmarks and controls (e.g. CIS, NIST)

Preferred Skills

* Advantage : Entra ID

• Experience with hybrid identity and cloud environments.

• Good understanding of cybersecurity principles and attack paths.

• Experience with version control systems.

• Knowledge of LDAP, SAML, and / or OAuth protocols.

• Knowledge of graph databases and graph theory is a plus.

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