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Combining AI-native security, operational threat intelligence, and automated detection and response, Trellix provides defense-grade protection at machine speed across on-premises, air-gapped, operational technology, hybrid, and cloud environments. Trellix helps customers anticipate threats, scale effective security operations, maintain business continuity, and adapt their security posture for the modern threat landscape. Working with a broad partner ecosystem and global intelligence collaborators, Trellix helps strengthen the collective defense against cybercriminals and state-sponsored attacks. At Trellix, we empower professionals at all career stages to expand their technical expertise, lead strategic initiatives, and make a tangible global impact. Whether you are an industry pioneer or an emerging specialist, Trellix provides the tools and opportunities to enhance and expand your skill set. 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Require thorough knowledge of security practices, procedures and capabilities in order to perform non-repetitive, analytical work.About the Role\nDesign and Develop: Contribute to the design and development of our automated security research and detection pipelines, driving core automation functionality, threat ingestion workflows, and detection tooling from concept through production.\nEnd-to-End Ownership: Take ownership of pipeline features and components, from initial design and development through rigorous testing, false-positive validation, automation, and ongoing operational health.\nDetection Pipeline Development: Build, iterate on, and harden automated threat analysis and detection generation workflows, including automated sample triage, behavioral indicator extraction, and rule deployment across security engines.\nDeliver Quality: Ensure automated detection rules and pipeline services are delivered on time and to the highest quality standards, meeting research goals and protection commitments.\nResilience and Performance: Implement best practices for pipeline resilience, scalability, and performance across high-volume threat telemetry and sample processing systems.\nObservability and Telemetry: Build and maintain operational instrumentation, logging, and dashboards to monitor pipeline throughput, detection efficacy, and system health.\nAbout You\n Experience: 0-2+ years of experience (fresh graduates in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or related fields are strongly encouraged to apply) in Python or backend software development, with a strong interest in security research and automation.\nOperating Systems: Solid understanding of Linux and/or Windows operating system fundamentals and internals is a must.\n Security & Detection Knowledge:Foundational understanding of cybersecurity concepts, malware behavior, common vulnerabilities (CVEs, OWASP), and threat analysis.\nFamiliarity with threat detection mechanisms and rule formats (such as YARA, Sigma, Snort, or behavioral signatures).\nExposure to static/dynamic malware analysis, sandboxes (e.g., Cuckoo/CAPE), or reverse engineering tools (Ghidra, IDA) through coursework or CTFs.\n\n Core Development Skills:Excellent development and debugging skills in Python (or Go / C++).\nStrong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.\nCI/CD pipeline experience (Git, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).\nStrong written communication for technical documentation and async collaboration.\nAbility to learn quickly and operate effectively in a fast-moving environment.\n\n AI/ML & Automation Knowledge:Hands-on experimentation with Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic workflows.\n\nDatabases & Data Pipelines:SQL / Relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL.\n\n Services & Tools:Cloud services familiarity (AWS or GCP).\nLogging, telemetry, and monitoring tools.\n\nDomain Knowledge:Passion for threat intelligence, automated detection engineering, and scaling security research through software.\n\nSoft Skills:Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and security research teams.\nAbility to communicate technical concepts clearly to both engineering and research stakeholders.\nStrong analytical mindset, high coachability, and curiosity for solving complex security challenges through code.\n\nCompany Benefits and Perks:\nWe believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.\nRetirement Plans\n\nMedical, Dental and Vision Coverage\n\nPaid Time Off\n\nPaid Parental Leave\n\nSupport for Community Involvement\n\nWe're serious about ourcommitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.\nOur Commitment to You:\nAt Trellix, we are committed to creating a safe and trustworthy experience for our customers, employees, and candidates. Please be aware that fraudulent recruiting activity can occur through fake job postings or impersonated communications.\nTrellix conducts interviews through professional channels only and does not use text messages, instant messaging, or group chats for interviews. We will never request sensitive personal information-such as your date of birth, Social Security number, or national ID number-during the interview process.\nTrellix also does not require candidates to pay fees, purchase products or services, or process payments of any kind as part of the recruiting or hiring process. 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