Who you are

- At Darktrace, we're looking for a curious and driven Threat Research Analyst to join our Malware Team

- This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong technical foundation and a passion for cyber threat research and data science

- We're looking for someone who enjoys investigating complex cyber threats, turning data into actionable intelligence, and sharing their findings with others. You'll have a robust technical foundation, excellent analytical skills, and a genuine passion for understanding adversary behaviour and the evolving threat landscape
- A background in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field

- Understanding of operating systems, networking concepts, system internals, and security fundamentals

- Experience with programming or scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, or C/C++

- Experience analysing structured and unstructured datasets to generate meaningful insights

- Familiarity with malware analysis, threat intelligence, digital forensics, or reverse engineering techniques

- Strong understanding of modern cyber threats, malware trends, and attacker methodologies

- Malware analysis and reverse engineering

- Applying data science techniques to cybersecurity challenges

- Threat intelligence, detection engineering, or security analytics

- Knowledge of query languages and security tooling

- Research publications, blog writing, conference presentations, or open-source contributions

What the job involves

- You'll investigate emerging threats, uncover insights from complex datasets,



and help shape how we detect and respond to evolving attacker techniques

- Conducting in-depth analysis of cyber threats, malware, and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)

- Proactively hunting for emerging threats and identifying new attack trends

- Producing high-quality threat intelligence reports, blogs, and research publications

- Developing data-driven methodologies to support threat hunting and intelligence production

- Presenting research findings internally and externally, including at conferences and industry events

- Developing and refining threat detections based on research outcomes

- Using data visualisation and analytical techniques to support investigations and communicate findings effectively

- Collaborating with security researchers, analysts, and product teams to strengthen Darktrace's threat intelligence capabilities

Benefits

- 23 days paid holiday plus UK bank holidays, increasing to 25 days after two years’ service

- Additional birthday day off
- Salary Sacrifice pension scheme with 4% employer contribution and minimum 5% employee contribution

- Optional BUPA private medical insurance for you and your immediate family

- Life assurance with a benefit of 4x your annual basic salary

- Employee Assistance Programme offering both on-line and telephone support and resources to you and your family

- Cycle to work scheme
- Active social and charity initiatives including our matched charitable giving scheme and employee recognition scheme

📌 Malware Researcher (Cambridge)
🏢 Darktrace
📍 Cambridge