Senior Cloud Threat Research Engineer

Qualys • Pune, Maharashtra • Posted June 19, 2026

Position Overview

Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Cloud Threat Research Engineer with strong expertise in container security, exploit research, threat detection, and mitigation engineering. This role involves researching emerging attack techniques, developing advanced detections, building automation using scripting, and leveraging AI-driven security tools to improve cloud and container security posture.

Responsibilities

  • Research container, Kubernetes, and cloud-native attack techniques
  • Develop detections for runtime, syscall, process, file, and network threats
  • Build mitigation strategies for container and cloud security risks
  • Analyze malware, exploits, and adversary behavior in Linux environments
  • Create and optimize detection rules using threat intelligence and behavioral analytics
  • Develop automation for threat simulation, testing, and validation
  • Work with eBPF, runtime security tools, and ...