Location
san jose
Posted
June 09, 2026
Commute
Local Area
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Job Description
Principal Security Researcher - IoT Botnet
A Leading Provider of Secure Application Delivery and Cloud Networking Solutions are looking for a Pr. Security Researcher to sit at the intersection of deep binary research and real-world defensive impact. You will reverse engineer live IoT botnet malware, translate findings into detection primitives and wire-accurate attack traffic, and work across the organization to ensure that research reaches the product, the customer.
Overview:
- Reverse engineer real-world botnet malware
- Analyze IoT malware (Mirai variants, Go-based L7 flooders, multi-architecture binaries) to understand attack behavior at the wire level.
- Translate research into real defenses
- Develop detection techniques and mitigation strategies that directly power production systems.
- Perform deep static and dynamic analysis
- Use tools like Ghidra, IDA, and sandbox environments to validate and...