Lumen

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About Lumen Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress. We’re invested in providing the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Apply now to continue digitally connecting the world and shaping the future. The Role Black Lotus Labs is seeking a Threat Researcher on the Research & Analysis team. This team leverages Lumen’s global visibility of one of the world’s largest and most interconnected IP backbones and a petabyte-scale compute cluster to perform cutting edge threat research, hunting and tracking advanced persistent threat actors (APTs) and emerging criminal activity as the threat actors traverse the internet. They empower customers to stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape, through contributions to customer facing tools and services. We are looking for an innovative threat researcher who can apply large-scale data analysis and automation to help our analysts and threat hunters detect and track threats in our telemetry, increasing their effectiveness and driving insights for customers. Your work will combine threat research, software development and detection engineering to protect Lumen customers. This is a fully remote position. The Main Responsibilities Serve as Threat Research Subject Matter Expert, offering guidance and support to the Black Lotus Labs team on threat hunting activities, such as identifying knowledge gaps, troubleshooting technical challenges, developing solutions, and mentoring team members in overcoming obstacles. Set priorities for what threats and telemetry to analyze to maximize team’s impact. Spearhead threat research across technical data sets, fusing Black Lotus Labs telemetry with third party data sets, to automate detection of the latest threat attacker tools, techniques and procedures (TTPs) with a goal of automating detection. Scale analysis of evolving threats and automate detection of emerging threat actor activity. Partner across Lumen to deliver end-to-end solutions to our products and services. Serve as the SME on threat intelligence and threat visibility capabilities to drive Lumen Security product innovation and enhancements. Build, cultivate, and maintain impactful relationships with intelligence stakeholders to identify and facilitate solutions to increase the impact of the team's work. Use industry-leading technical knowledge of adversary capabilities and infrastructure and define, develop, and implement techniques to lead the team in tracking sophisticated adversaries, delivering actionable threat intelligence data to Lumen customers. Provide expert analysis and strategic insights on emerging threats and vulnerabilities, translating complex technical information into actionable intelligence for executive leadership and external stakeholders. Contribute to thought leadership initiatives by sharing insights and expertise at security conferences and internal briefings. What We Look For in a Candidate Extensive track record driving scaled threat intelligence from a variety of network and security telemetry sources as well as prototyping new innovative ideas and seeing them through to production. Proven experience initiating and coordinating technical projects focused on telemetry collection, TTP based threat hunting, or developing threat hunt tools that have cross-organization impact on threat visibility, including leading private-public partnerships and multi-company collaborations. Deep understanding of advanced threat hunting methodologies, attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and the ability to derive actionable threat hunts from complex data sets. Strong programming skills in Python and Apache Spark and track record of architecting distributed computing frameworks to solve security problems. Software development experience in Docker and big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Tensor Flow. Functional understanding of machine learning, graph analytics and/or statistical approaches to telemetry in the security domain to detect and track malicious activity using supervised or unsupervised methods. Experience driving and aligning cross-team vision and strategy, having collaboratively prioritized and delivered specific multi-year roadmaps and projects. Proven track record of managing and executing on short term and long-term projects with complex multi-team dependencies. Exceptional communication and presentation skills, including the ability to clearly and concisely convey complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences, ranging from executives and board members to conference attendees and internal stakeholders. Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and triage competing demands in a fast-paced environment. Compensation This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors. Location Based Pay Ranges: $149,084 - $198,779 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY. $156,539 - $208,718 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI. $163,993 - $218,657 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA. #GSS #LI-MG1 Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process. Learn more about Lumen's: Benefits Bonus Structure What to Expect Next #LI-JS1 Requisition #: 339093 Background Screening If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page. Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Equal Employment Opportunities We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training. Disclaimer The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions. 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