Lead research and development of cyber security tools and techniques, reverse engineering and exploiting software and hardware systems for U.S. government operations.
Compensation
Associate Staff Hiring Range: $114,000 - $148,000
Responsibilities
Owns and executes discrete design and development tasks such as data analyses, programming, designs, tests, models, simulations, or integration tasks within broader project or program efforts.
Applies relevant technical knowledge to solve less-defined and moderately complex problems, independently identifying appropriate methods and adapts existing approaches as needed.
May contribute to system, subsystem, or component-level development activities that may span multiple disciplines, mission needs, products, or technical focus areas.
Develops, reviews, and contributes to technical documentation, program reporting, data analyses, design materials, and presentations based on ambiguous policies and procedures.
Collaborates with project team members to ensure milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and technical risks are understood and addressed.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or other relevant technical field
Master’s degree in a STEM discipline
Nice to have: Version control systems (Git)
Nice to have: Disassemblers/decompilers (Ghidra, IDA Pro)
Lead engineering efforts in the WildFire Team, designing, building, and operating secure cloud infrastructure and automation frameworks for Palo Alto Networks’ cybersecurity products.
Compensation
$183,600.00 - $297,000.00/yr
Responsibilities
Design, build and operate reliable, secure Cloud infrastructure
Ensure that applications are production-ready, scalable, and reliable
Develop tools and automation frameworks
Automate robust deployment of services
Orchestrate end-to-end monitoring and alerting
Requirements
BS/MS in computer science/engineering, or equivalent experience
Lead the technical vision and architecture for the ADEM Agent, ensuring performance, security, and stability across multiple operating systems.
Compensation
$147,000.00 - $237,500.00/yr
Responsibilities
Define long‑term architectural vision for the ADEM Agent across Linux, Windows, macOS, and mobile platforms
Lead the Design Review Board for all Agent‑side features
Drive the evolution of the Agent's telemetry collection and processing pipeline
Partner with Product Management, Core Infrastructure, and Security teams to translate ambiguous business requirements into robust technical specifications
Mentor Staff and Senior engineers
Requirements
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
Lead proactive threat hunting activities across endpoints, network, and cloud environments to detect anomalous behaviors and emerging threats.
Compensation
$120,000.00 - $135,000.00
Responsibilities
Lead proactive threat hunting activities across endpoints, network, and cloud environments to detect anomalous behaviors and emerging threats.
Analyze large security logs to identify patterns of malicious activity and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) using our SIEM and EDR platforms, augmenting analysis with threat intelligence feeds.
Develop and refine hypotheses for hunting campaigns based on current threat landscape and adversary TTPs (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK).
Collaborate with the bigger Information Security team and other cross-functional teams to triage, elevate, and respond to identified threats.
Design and implement custom detection logic and rules to improve threat detection efficacy within SIEM tool.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Nice to have: GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
Nice to have: GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Nice to have: GIAC Advanced Threat Hunting (GATH)
Nice to have: Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA)
Skills
Working Student Cybersecurity & AI Automation 50-60%
Support the development and implementation of technical security solutions, focusing on vulnerability analysis, automation opportunities, AI-driven tools, and scripting for security operations.
Locations (2)
Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Switzerland
Responsibilities
Support development and implementation of technical security solutions
Analyze vulnerabilities and evaluate security controls
Identify automation opportunities across security operations, vulnerability management, and threat analysis workflows
Design and integrate AI-driven tools and agentic workflows
Build and maintain automated scripts and testing environments
