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Senior Security Researcher- Threat Intelligence

Category Security, Risk & Fraud Location Mountain View, California Job ID 2024-48877

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Company Overview

Intuit is the global financial technology platform that powers prosperity for the people and communities we serve. With approximately 100 million customers worldwide using products such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to prosper. We never stop working to find new, innovative ways to make that possible.

Job Overview

Want to be part of a team that is changing how we fight fraud? We are a unique team at Intuit that is focused on finding and quantifying fraud vulnerabilities before they are abused by adversaries. In this role, you'll leverage data, fraud intelligence, and research to identify potential ways that bad actors may target Intuit's products for fraudulent purposes. Your contributions will be instrumental in keeping Intuit and its millions of users safe from bad actors.

Responsibilities

Performing top quality fraud intelligence research on clear, deep and dark web sources while maintaining a high level of opsec
Combine expertise in our products and our customers with fraud intelligence findings to be able to:
Identify and alert stakeholders of fraud trends and fraud risks that can help them develop a safer environment for Intuit and its customers
Be the go to source for stakeholders that want to better understand fraud MOs that are affecting the industry
Presenting findings to different stakeholders throughout Intuit
Work closely with policy, data science and product teams in order to identify and close fraud vulnerabilities and educate on fraud risks

Qualifications

3+ years of experience as a Threats intelligence researcher on the darkweb, deep web and social media
2+ years of experience in Financial Fraud, Cyber Crime, Military Intelligence or something similar that involved investigating adversary activity
A deep understanding of web and mobile technology
Cyber opsec expert
Deep understanding of the technology used by bad actors to stay anonymous online (RDP, Sandboxed VMs, VPNs, Tor, Tails etc..)
Advantage: Experience working with large datasets in SQL, Elastic Search, Python or similar technology
High quality intelligence and research “obsession” - won’t leave any stone unturned
Creative: Out of the box thinker that is always looking for ways to challenge acceptable norms.
Excellent collaboration skills - team player with great people skills, ability to influence across organizations
The ability to teach and share your expertise/domain knowledge with your teammates and partners. You know how to simplify complex subjects in a way that anyone can understand them
"Self-starter" attitude and the ability to make decisions independently
English at a very high level
Bachelor or Masters Degree (or equivalent work experience)

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Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. The expected base pay range for this position is Bay Area California $144,000 - 195,000. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing pay equity for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

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