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KnowBe4

Cybersecurity Threat Researcher (Hybrid)

Arlington, Virginia

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Seniority
Mid level
Stated salary
$90,000 – $100,000 per year
Country
US
Work mode
Remote-friendly
First seen by hirly
1 Oct 2026

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the posting

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.

The Cybersecurity Threat Researcher works in the KnowBe4 Threat Research Lab, and is responsible for deploying and configuring various security products and solutions such as endpoint, email, web and network protection.

Responsibilities:

Analysing trends and patterns in large data-sets to establish threat trends across regions, industries and business segment sizes.

Have a passion for cyber security and thrive on solving difficult and complex problems.

Have a genuine interest in mitigating phishing attacks and be familiar with recent vulnerabilities in our space.

Investigate phishing emails and have an understanding of Malware Analysis (Configuration of isolated Malware Analysis VM, Identification of File Formats, Basic Static & Dynamic analysis)

Experience with Threat Actor Tools and techniques

Enjoy sharing their knowledge and working with team members and external stakeholders.

Ability to communicate threat knowledge in a customer facing environment

Assist and enable various departments within KnowBe4 with Threat Intelligence

Triage, investigate, and respond to alerts coming in from the Knowbe4 email platform efficiently and without support.

Independent research projects to contribute regularly to external-facing Knowbe4 Threat Labs content, such as blogs

Requirements:

BS or equivalent plus 3 years experience

MS or equivalent plus 1 year experience

Well versed with IOCs, reverse engineering and threat campaign tracking

Experience in malicious URL and phishing Email analysis

Familiarity with Python automation preferred

Experience in customer-facing environments

Experience with triaging complex customer queries.

Experience with databases (SQL or MQL) preferable

The compensation for this position ranges from $90,000 - $100,000, which will vary depending on how well an applicant's skills and experience align with the job description listed above.

Our Fantastic Benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits .

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.

No recruitment agencies, please.

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