Vectra® is the leader in AI-driven threat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises.
The Vectra AI Platform delivers integrated signal across public cloud, SaaS, identity, and data center networks in a single platform. Powered by patented Attack Signal Intelligence, it empowers security teams to rapidly prioritize, investigate and respond to the most advanced cyber-attacks. With 35 patents in AI-driven threat detection and the most vendor references in MITRE D3FEND, organizations worldwide rely on the Vectra AI to move at the speed and scale of hybrid attackers. For more information, visit www.vectra.ai.
*This is a hybrid role for San Jose, CA; Austin, TX; Boston, MA; or Dublin, Ireland
Position Overview
Vectra AI’s Security Research team studies how attackers operate and turns that knowledge into capabilities that help customers find and respond to threats. We are looking for a Senior Security Researcher to help define and investigate the security challenges created by enterprise AI adoption and AI-enabled attackers.
You will study how agents, copilots, AI-connected applications, and their identities can be misused or compromised. You will also examine how attackers use AI to accelerate familiar attack techniques. Your research will connect activity across identity, cloud, and network environments, with a focus on what customers can observe, investigate, and act on. This is an emerging area: you will help test assumptions, identify gaps in visibility, and shape the work that follows.
What You Will Do
What Will You Need
What Will Help You
Vectra provides a comprehensive total rewards package that supports the financial, physical, mental and overall health of our employees and their families. Compensation includes competitive base pay, incentive plan eligibility, and participation in the employee equity plan (stock options). Specific benefits offered varies by location, but commonly include health care insurance, income protection / life insurance, access to retirement savings plans, behavioral & emotional wellness services, generous time away from work, and a comprehensive employee recognition program.
Vectra is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
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