Threat Analyst III (Remote, IRE)

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

At CrowdStrike we’re on a mission - to stop breaches. Our groundbreaking technology, services delivery, and intelligence gathering together with our innovations in machine learning and behavioural-based detection, allow our customers to not only defend themselves, but do so in a future-proof manner. We’ve earned numerous honors and top rankings for our technology, organization and people – clearly confirming our industry leadership and our special culture driving it.

The opportunity: Our CrowdStrike Data Science Machine Learning Operations and Response Team is looking for a Threat Analyst III who is both customer- and team-focused. This role will include both proactive and reactive aspects of detection engineering.

The primary responsibility of this role is split between the tactical and the strategic. You will be expected to analyze adversary intrusions and take tactical steps to ensure they don’t happen again, by creating or modifying ML-based security detections. You will also be expected to identify emerging trends and threats in the intrusions you have access to, and coordinate with strategists on product and service improvements that might put a stop to these emerging threats.

Experience with machine learning concepts is a plus. You may be expected to be on-call a handful of times a year.

The secondary responsibility of this role is to address customer requests related to the efficacy and function of our machine learning detection models.

This role will work most closely with internal teams such as Technical Account Managers, Falcon Complete, OverWatch, Data Scientists and Malware Researchers.

What You'll Do:

• Review current ML-based product detections to ensure they are performing to the

• company standard

• Review customer-based reports of false positives and false negatives

• Review adversary intrusions and create ML-based security detections as needed

• Analyze files and events to determine their legitimacy

• Analyze data at scale, ideally through automation, that can help identify emerging

• trends and threats

What You'll Need:

• Exposure to and understanding of different types and functionality of malware

• Experience with reverse engineering malware, detection engineering, threat

• hunting, or data analysis at scale

• Fundamental understanding of attributes of binary files such as imports/exports

• and packers

• Ability to demonstrate practical knowledge of research/collection skills and analytical methods

• A creative approach to problem solving and closing detection gaps

• An excellent understanding of at least one major operating system type,or a public cloud provider

• Ability to break down complex problems into workable components

• Experience with analyzing data at scale, and gleaning useful business intelligence and trends

• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in a security operations center, incident response, blue teaming, or similar

• A thorough understanding of Windows OS internals and the Windows API

• Familiarity with tools used in targeted and criminal cyber-intrusions, such as

• malware-as-a-service toolkits

• A background in exploit and vulnerability analysis, or red teaming

• Knowledge of a variety of programming languages including C, C++, Java, and

• assembly Intimate knowledge of public cloud infrastructure

• Experience with machine learning, data science, or data science concepts

• Familiarity with CrowdStrike product and services

Education:

BA/BS or MA/MS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science,

Information Security, or a related field

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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