Senior Security Researcher

As a Senior Security Researcher for the Axonius Exposures team, you will conduct research into vulnerability detection, remediation, and prioritization to enhance our asset intelligence platform. You will lead end-to-end research projects, collaborating directly with Product and Development teams to convert technical research into product features. You will analyze large-scale security data, automate workflows, and prototype logic to address enterprise attack surfaces. This is a high-impact role where your research directly shapes how our customers identify and mitigate their most critical security gaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end security research projects focusing on vulnerability detection, risk prioritization, and exposure management logic.

• Utilize Python, SQL, and AI/LLM tools to build data analysis pipelines, automate threat research, and prototype research tools.

• Research and define remediation strategies, compensating controls, and configuration-based mitigations beyond standard patching.

• Partner weekly with Product and Engineering teams to transform technical research into production-ready product capabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in security research, vulnerability analysis, or penetration testing.

• Demonstrated proficiency with Python for scripting/automation and SQL for querying complex security data sets.

• Hands-on experience integrating AI/LLMs into technical workflows to accelerate data analysis, parsing, or research output.

• Practical understanding of security frameworks and metrics including CVSS, EPSS, and MITRE ATT&CK.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in B2B SaaS or enterprise cybersecurity product environments.

• Experience in exposure management, attack surface management (ASM), or enterprise risk prioritization.

• Experience creating custom prioritization and scoring algorithms combining vulnerability telemetry with asset criticality.

• Deep knowledge of non-patching mitigation strategies, including registry tweaks, network policy shifts, and configuration hardening.

• Proven track record of framing open-ended security problems into scalable software feature requirements.

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Are we a match?

You will thrive here if you:

• Ask "why" when everyone else jumps straight to "how."

• Take ownership of problems , even when they aren't in your job description.

• Lead with low ego , prioritizing "we before I" and giving credit publicly.

• Thrive in ambiguity and use it as an opportunity to bring order to chaos.

• Act with urgency while building systems meant to scale over time.

• Create without waiting for a detailed roadmap to get started.

What we offer:

• Flexibility, Rest & Health — flexible time-off, company-wide "Unwind Weekends," and fully funded health insurance options.

• Life & Family Milestones — generous parental leave, extended bereavement, and dedicated time off for life's big moments like marriages, graduations, and grandchildren.

• Collaborative Environment — no silos, shared credit across teams, and a culture employees consistently describe as supportive and trust-based.

• Development, Ownership & Equity — stock options for all, equity refreshes, individual learning budgets, and AI tools.

• Community & Giving Back — ERGs, volunteer time off, charitable milestone gifting, and local community partnerships.

Learn more about benefits at Axonius .

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