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Jamf is looking for a Threat and Detections Researcher to focus on finding new ways to detect malicious activity within their customer environments, specifically in the macOS space, by developing and managing threat detection strategies.

Requirements

• An understanding of cyber security and intrusion detection (Required)
• An overall comprehensive understanding of incident response (Required)
• Strong interest in macOS security (Required)
• Experience with detecting malware using Yara rules (Preferred)
• Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, Ruby, Objective-C or Swift (Preferred)
• Experience with GitHub and Git (Preferred)
• Proven Analytical Skills

Responsibilities

• Write and manage host based macOS detections at the endpoint level
• Perform analysis of detections to determine accuracy and precisions and tune detections accordingly based on results
• Research new ways to detect malicious activity on macOS using a wide variety of custom-built tooling
• Manage malware signatures to detect known threats on the macOS platform.
• Stay up to date on the latest malware trends on macOS and design detections accordingly
• Development of tools using python or other scripting languages to assist in day to day tasks
• Builds a deep understanding of workflows that make Jamf customers successful and apply that knowledge to ensuring the quality of each release

Other

• Customer value focus with the ability to quickly iterate based on emerging threats and customer feedback.
• Solution focused ability working collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment
• High School Diploma / GED (Required)
• 4 year / Bachelor's Degree (Preferred)
• A combination of relevant experience and education may be considered