Sr. Researcher AI, Thane

Who is Forcepoint Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint's all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you're in the right place we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we're missing is you!Job Description AI Security Researcher / Senior AI Security Researcher About the Role We are looking for an AI Security Researcher / Senior AI Security Researcher to join our Forcepoint X-Labs team. This role focuses on identifying, analyzing, and mitigating AIassisted and AIabusive threats across web and email attack surfaces, including malware distribution, phishing campaigns, social engineering, and emerging attacker use of Generative AI.You will work at the intersection of threat intelligence, malware research, AI abuse detection, and security analytics, building practical research that directly feeds into detection logic, analytics, and productiongrade protections. This is a handson research role for someone passionate about understanding how modern attacks work, how attackers leverage automation and AI, and how to counter them at scale.Key Responsibilities Threat Research&Analysis Research and analyze web and emailbased threats, including: Malware delivery campaigns Phishing, spearphishing, and business email compromise (BEC) AIgenerated phishing content, lures, and socialengineering techniques Track and investigate malware and phishing campaigns endtoend, including infrastructure, delivery vectors, payload behavior, and evolution over time.Perform static and dynamic analysis of malicious content, URLs, files, scripts, and artifacts. Conduct network traffic analysis (PCAPs) to understand attack patterns, commandandcontrol behavior, and data exfiltration techniques. AIRelated Security Research Research attacker abuse of AI and GenAI, including: AIassisted phishing and content scalingAutomated campaign generation Evasion techniques targeting AIbased defenses Analyze AIgenerated content patterns and contribute to AIaware detection strategies. Collaborate on the design and tuning of AI/MLdriven threat detection analytics. Analytics&Protection Development Design and develop detection analytics, heuristics, and signatures for web and email security. Translate research findings into actionable protections, such as: Detection rules Behavioral analytics Indicators and classifiers Prototype research tools, scripts, or frameworks to support analysis, detection, or automation.Contribute to improving precision, recall, and resilience of detections against evasive threats. Reverse Engineering&Deep Analysis Reverse engineer malicious code (scripts, binaries, documents, droppers). Analyze exploit techniques, obfuscation methods, and payload behavior. Document code behavior clearly for both technical and nontechnical stakeholders. Collaboration&Knowledge Sharing Handle and analyze customersubmitted samples and threat reports. Share knowledge internally through writeups, documentation, and technical reviews. Contribute externally via blogs, whitepapers, conference talks, or customer briefings. Required Qualifications Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related fieldor equivalent handson industry experience. Core Experience AI Security Researcher: 3+ years of experience in security research, threat intelligence, or malware analysis Senior AI Security Researcher: 6+ years of deep handson experience in threat research and detection development Technical SkillsStrong understanding of the modern threat landscape, particularly web and emailbased attacks. Handson experience with: Malware and phishing analysis Campaign tracking and clustering Network protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP/S, DNS, SMTP, SSL/TLS) Proficiency in scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, PowerShell) with a clear understanding of code behavior.Experience with debuggers, disassemblers, sandboxes, and analysis tools. Strong knowledge of operating system internals, especially Windows. Experience creating or tuning signatures, heuristics, or behavioral detections. Desired / Bonus Skills Experience in AI/MLbased security analytics or working closely with data science teams.Understanding of GenAI models, LLMs, and AI content generation, from a security or abuse perspective. Experience with: Exploit kits, 0day research, or APT techniques Email security systems or web filtering platforms Largescale threat telemetry and analytics Familiarity with Complex Event Processing (CEP) or largescale detection pipelines.Experience presenting research at security conferences or industry forums. Soft Skills Strong analytical and problemsolving skills. Ability to think like an attacker and translate findings into defenses. Comfortable working under pressure and managing multiple research priorities. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a researchdriven team. Why Join Us Work on cuttingedge AI and threat research with realworld impact. Influence productiongrade protections used by customers globally. Collaborate with highly skilled researchers, engineers, and data scientists.Clear growth path toward Principal Researcher, Lead Researcher, or AI Security Architect roles.