Senior Cloud Security Researcher

📋 Job Overview

This is a unique opportunity to join the foundation of a new threat research team. Help build a team culture, tooling pipeline, and research agenda from scratch - your decisions today will set the standard for years to come.

🏢 About Ping Identity

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.

🎯 The Role

Pivot seamlessly between hands-on threat hunting, data-driven research, and thought-leadership publications that reach thousands of security professionals.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Help build a team culture, tooling pipeline, and research agenda from scratch
• Pivot seamlessly between hands-on threat hunting, data-driven research, and thought-leadership publications

📌 Required Qualifications

• 5 years of hands-on, security research, and at least 2 years focused on cloud security research
• Hands-on experience in programming and scripting with Javascript, Java or Python
• In-depth understanding of web architecture, including OSI Model, REST APIs, microservices, DNS, and TLS
• Self-motivated and capable of independent operation with minimal supervision
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, adept at thriving in dynamic team environments
• Fluent verbal and written communication in English

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Familiarity with Identity and Access Management protocols such as OAuth2/OIDC and FIDO2 WebAuthn
• Extensive knowledge of New Account Fraud and Account Takeover related techniques, such as: Credential Stuffing, Phishing, and Bot Detection Evasion
• Expertise in browser fingerprinting techniques using Javascript API

🎁 Benefits

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.