Principal Security Researcher
Microsoft
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This role pays less than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $154,450–$216,271 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $102k versus about $185k for comparable roles.
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CrowdStrike is a leading American cybersecurity technology firm, specializing in cloud-native endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and incident response.
CrowdStrike currently has 22 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $112,500–$167,500 across 22 roles with salary data.
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The Sr. Security Researcher joins the Technical Analysis Cell within CrowdStrike Intelligence to conduct defensive research on in-the-wild exploits for various vulnerabilities. This role involves analyzing, documenting, and tracking exploitation techniques used by criminal and state-sponsored actors to improve global threat landscape coverage. Key responsibilities include implementing tracking systems, developing host-based and network-based signatures, and creating classification frameworks for attribution. The researcher will use reverse engineering tools like disassemblers and debuggers, along with Python and Large Language Models, to automate exploit analysis and reconstruct code logic. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in userspace and kernel-level exploitation, knowledge of network service exploitation, and experience with Microsoft Windows. The position focuses on producing high-quality threat intelligence reports and providing actionable mitigation guidance to support exploit mitigation strategies.
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