Censys
Systems Engineer
- Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
- $170k–$240k
- Mid level
- Remote
- 6+ yrs exp
- Added 1 month ago
About this role
Censys is seeking a skilled Systems Engineer to join their Advanced Research Collective (ARC) and build critical infrastructure for real-time internet threat detection. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining scalable pipelines for static and dynamic file analysis, alongside threat graph intelligence systems. You'll directly collaborate with researchers to translate their needs into production-ready systems, leveraging modern tools like LLM-based coding harnesses.
What you'll do
- Design and build static and dynamic file analysis pipelines.
- Maintain and optimize YARA rule sets for threat detection.
- Develop and extend threat graph intelligence systems.
- Build and maintain dynamic analysis (sandboxing) capabilities.
- Integrate internal and external threat intelligence feeds.
- Instrument pipelines for reliability and observability.
What they're looking for
- Python
- Static/Dynamic Malware Analysis
- Data Pipelines (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- LLM Coding Harnesses
Benefits
- Bonus eligibility
- Equity
- Remote work
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Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience building and operating security data pipelines at scale.
- How would you approach designing a threat graph system to connect indicators, malware, and actors?