Cyber Researcher, Attack Emulation (Senior / Principal)

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Description Location: Remote position. Occasional travel to our office in Golden, Colorado is required. About Pentera: Pentera is the global leader in Automated Security Validation, helping organizations worldwide safely emulate real-world attacker behavior and uncover their true security gaps across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. With more than 1,200 customers in over 50 countries and a rapidly growing global team, Pentera is shaping how modern enterprises continuously validate their security posture. About the Role: We are looking for a Cyber Researcher to join our R&D team and play a key role in shaping how automated security validation evolves. In this role, you will conduct deep, hands-on technical research into attacker techniques and system behaviors across operating systems, identity systems, cloud platforms, and enterprise environments. Your work will be translated into production-grade, automated attack emulations that dynamically adapt and make decisions, closely mirroring how skilled attackers operate in the real world. This is a highly technical role that combines research, development, and applied AI, with direct impact on a real-world security product. Resp...