Staff Cloud Security Researcher
- Level
- Staff
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
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Our Purpose
At SentinelOne, we are driven by a clear purpose: to give the advantage to those who secure our future. As AI reshapes how organizations build, operate, and innovate, the responsibility to protect them becomes more critical than ever. When you join SentinelOne, your work helps protect global enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the technologies shaping tomorrow. If you are motivated by meaningful challenges and want your impact to be real, measurable, and global, you will find purpose here.
About Us
SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Our AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to deliver autonomous detection and response with clarity and speed. By combining real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and a unified data foundation, we reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what truly matters.
Our teams are builders, problem-solvers, and innovators committed to shaping the future of security. If you are excited to solve hard problems alongside talented, mission-driven people, we invite you to help us build a safer future for humanity.
What Are We Looking For?
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We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes.
As a Staff Cloud Workload Security (CWS) Researcher, you will join a global team working across Windows, Linux, and macOS, spanning Endpoint, Cloud, and Identity. You will research evasions against our own sensors, track the offensive tooling landscape, and drive innovative research that anticipates the next generation of attacker tradecraft.
What Will You Do?
Primary responsibilities include:
- Proactively look for the newest and most sophisticated attack techniques, deeply research and understand their internals, and emulate these attacks to assess and improve our detection engines.
- Conduct comprehensive analysis of potential attack paths within diverse systems and networks in cloud environments.
- Identify and prioritize potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses that could be exploited by cyber adversaries in cloud platforms.
- Build tools to support detection assessments, create proofs of concept for the newest techniques, and contribute to the design of innovative detection strategies.
- Work closely with the threat intelligence team and engineering detection teams to provide guidance and highlight gaps in detection and visibility capabilities.
What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring?
Ideal candidates will have:
- Experience in cloud attack path analysis, vulnerability assessment, and threat modeling.
- Familiarity with cloud services, Kubernetes, cloud architecture, and major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, and Azure).
- In-depth understanding of the cloud ecosystem, security principles, services, configurations, best practices, and relevant frameworks.
- 4 or more years of experience in red teaming, security research, or offensive research, with a deep understanding of OS internals (Windows/Linux).
- Hands-on experience coding in Python and C/C++.
- Understanding of existing EDR internals.
- Experience leveraging agentic AI workflows for detection engineering tasks (reverse engineering, code auditing, signature writing).
- A proven track record of conference speaking at security conferences or publications is an advantage.
- Experience writing detection signatures or heuristics is an advantage.
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Why SentinelOne?
AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time, and SentinelOne was built for this moment. From day one, we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed, not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together, this is that place.
We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:
Equity & Rewards
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Time Off & Wellbeing
- Competitive leave benefits
- Gender-neutral parental leave
Insurance & Financial Security
- Medical and insurance benefits
- Pension
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Work Perks & Flexibility
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- Global home office allowance
- Mobile phone reimbursement
This role has a base pay range that applies consistently across Italy, regardless of candidate location. If you have any questions, please reach out to the recruiter.
CBA: Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro per i Dipendenti Di Aziende del Terziario della Distribuzione e dei Servizi"
Classification as Quadro
Base Salary Range
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€65.600—€90.000 EUR
SentinelOne is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
SentinelOne participates in the E-Verify Program for all U.S. based roles.
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AWS · Python
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The team: Detection Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 25 open in Detection Engineering. 23 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in August: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Cybersecurity (25 of 25), Python (21 of 25), Linux (17 of 25), C++ (16 of 25), C (15 of 25), AWS (11 of 25), Azure (11 of 25)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Staff Cloud Security Researcher posted Oct 13
- Staff Cloud Security Researcher posted Oct 13
- Senior Big Data Engineer - Security Research / Detection posted Oct 6
- Senior Big Data Engineer - Security Research / Detection posted Oct 6
- Staff Cloud Security Researcher posted Oct 1
- Staff Cloud Security Researcher posted Oct 1
- Staff Cloud Security Researcher posted Oct 1
- Staff Cloud Security Researcher posted Oct 1
- Senior Big Data Engineer - Security Research / Detection posted Oct 1
- Staff AI Security Researcher posted Sep 29
- Windows Detection Engineering Manager posted Sep 29
- Staff Security Researcher- Detection AI Research posted Sep 28
- Senior Offensive Security Researcher posted Sep 24
- Senior Offensive Security Researcher posted Sep 24
- Staff Security Researcher- Detection AI Research posted Sep 23
- Senior Data Scientist- Cybersecurity posted Sep 22
- Senior Data Scientist- Cybersecurity posted Sep 22
- Senior Offensive Security Researcher posted Sep 22
- Senior Offensive Security Researcher posted Sep 22
- Senior Offensive Security Researcher posted Sep 22
- Senior Offensive Security Researcher posted Sep 22
- Senior Offensive Security Researcher posted Sep 22
- Senior Malware Detection Engineer posted Aug 10
- Manager, Detection Engineering (Rapid Response Team) posted Aug 5
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