Censys is looking for a Product Detection Engineer to join our Detection and Response team within our Research organization. You will work with the Censys dataset to fingerprint hardware, software, and services for our Internet Intelligence Platform, and develop detections for misconfigurations and vulnerabilities.
What You'll Do
- Develop custom fingerprints against Censys scan data to enrich, contextualize, and uncover risks in services and infrastructure running on the Internet.
- Consult with the Data engineering team to implement improvements to our scanning infrastructure to increase the fidelity and accuracy of identification of software and hardware versions and models.
- Coordinate with our Go-to-Market and Sales teams to facilitate researching and fingerprinting of emerging vulnerabilities, threats, and high-priority detections.
- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24x7 coverage of high-impact, critical security vulnerabilities.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or other technical discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
- 2+ years of experience in security research, systems security, network security, or a similar field.
- Experience with protocol analysis and in-depth knowledge of common protocols such as TLS, HTTP, SSH, SMB, and SMTP.
- High-level understanding of common network security vulnerabilities, CVSS scoring, and exploit techniques.
- Experience exploring active scan data using tools such as Censys Search, Shodan, or similar; and/or experience with data analysis tools such as Google BigQuery.
- Proficient with regular expressions and other pattern-matching techniques.
- Experience in at least one scripting/programming language with a preference for Go and Python.
- Ability to concisely communicate complex subject matter to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work independently as a researcher while being part of a larger cross-functional team.
Technical Stack
- Go
- Python
- Censys Search
- Shodan
- Google BigQuery
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Detection and Response team within our Research organization.
Benefits & Compensation
- 401k match.
- Health, vision, and dental insurance effective day one.
- For high cost of living areas (Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, and NYC Metro), the expected salary range is $180,000 - $233,000. For all other US locations, the expected salary range is $153,000 - $198,000.
Work Mode
This role follows a local-country work mode and is open to candidates located in the United States.
Censys is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
