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About the Role

The Senior Manager, Adversary Research leads a team responsible for discovering, tracking, and explaining sophisticated cyber threats. This leader will define the team’s research strategy, direct complex technical investigations, and ensure findings translate into actionable intelligence, durable detections, stronger security outcomes, and authoritative reporting.

Responsibilities

Define the strategy, priorities, and operating model for the Adversary Research team.
Lead, coach, and develop experienced threat researchers, intelligence analysts, and technical specialists.
Direct research into nation-state groups, cybercriminal organizations, ransomware operations, malware campaigns, and emerging adversary tradecraft.
Oversee proactive hunting across large-scale telemetry to identify previously unknown campaigns, infrastructure, malware, and behavioral patterns.
Establish rigorous standards for actor tracking, campaign clustering, attribution, analytical confidence, and intelligence production.
Guide advanced malware analysis, threat hunting, infrastructure tracking, and the development of YARA, Sigma, behavioral detections, and research tooling.
Partner with threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, security operations, product, and vulnerability research teams to operationalize findings.
Direct the production of tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence for technical, executive, customer, and public audiences.
Brief senior leaders and customers on emerging threats, adversary activity, and research outcomes.
Build relationships with industry peers, government partners, intelligence-sharing communities, and external researchers.

Requirements

12 or more years of experience in cyber threat intelligence, adversary research, threat hunting, malware analysis, incident response, or a related discipline.
Three or more years of experience leading people, research programs, or multidisciplinary technical teams.
Demonstrated success building or maturing a threat intelligence, adversary research, or related security function.
Deep understanding of the intelligence lifecycle, intelligence requirements, collection management, all-source analysis, and structured analytic techniques.
Strong knowledge of nation-state, cybercriminal, ransomware, initial-access, and malware ecosystems.
Experience analyzing endpoint, network, cloud, identity, infrastructure, malware, and open-source data.
Experience using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the Diamond Model to analyze adversary behavior and intrusion activity.
Experience translating threat intelligence into detections, hunting strategies, incident response actions, defensive controls, or product improvements.
Familiarity with YARA, Sigma, SIEM, EDR, SOAR, threat intelligence platforms, and large-scale data-analysis environments.
Very strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to technical and executive audiences.
Proven track record of authoring, reviewing, and guiding publication-quality threat research with the ability to strengthen analytic rigor, technical accuracy, and narrative clarity.
Sound judgment when handling sensitive intelligence, uncertain attribution, customer information, and high-impact security events.
Experience managing senior researchers across malware analysis, threat hunting, intelligence analysis, or detection engineering.
Working knowledge of reverse-engineering tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, or x64dbg.
Experience using Python, SQL, or similar languages for research automation and large-scale analysis.
Experience building actor-tracking programs, campaign repositories, intelligence requirements, or research metrics.
Experience supporting high-severity incident response or proactive threat-hunting engagements.
Experience publishing original security research or presenting at industry conferences.
Knowledge of the geopolitical factors influencing state-directed cyber operations.
Candidates interviewing remotely are expected to be on camera during all video interviews.
Employment may be subject to background verification and additional regulatory, security, or compliance requirements.

Skills

Cyber threat intelligence
Adversary research
Threat hunting
Malware analysis
Incident response
Intelligence lifecycle
Intelligence requirements
Collection management
All-source analysis
Structured analytic techniques
Nation-state threats
Cybercriminal threats
Ransomware
Initial-access
Malware ecosystems
Endpoint data analysis
Network data analysis
Cloud data analysis
Identity data analysis
Infrastructure data analysis
Malware data analysis
Open-source data analysis
MITRE ATT&CK
Diamond Model
YARA
Sigma
SIEM
EDR
SOAR
Threat intelligence platforms
Large-scale data analysis
Written communication
Verbal communication
Presentation skills
Reverse-engineering tools
IDA Pro
Ghidra
x64dbg
Python
SQL
Research automation
Geopolitical factors

Location

Global

Work Type

Remote
On-Camera Policy

Experience Level

Senior Manager
12 or more years of experience in cyber threat intelligence, adversary research, threat hunting, malware analysis, incident response, or a related discipline.
Three or more years of experience leading people, research programs, or multidisciplinary technical teams.

Salary/Compensations

104,500 to 259,000 USD annually

Benefits

Equity for all employees
Flexible time off and paid volunteer days
401(k) contribution and matching
Training and career development programs
Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical, mental health, dental, disability, life and AD&D, and value-added services
Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with mental health services
Fertility support and paid parental leave

About the Company

Arctic Wolf is a global leader in security operations, helping organizations stay resilient against evolving cyber threats through industry-leading security operations, threat intelligence, and a people-first approach to cybersecurity.
More than 3,000 Pack members across the world work together every day to protect our customers and empower security teams with new levels of speed, accuracy, and intelligence at scale.
What sets us apart is our relentless focus on our customers, innovation at scale, and a collaborative culture where talented people can do meaningful work that truly makes a difference.
We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that thrives on diversity of thought, background, and culture.
We are committed to bold growth and shaping the future of security operations.
We are the most trusted name in the industry.
We believe in diversity and inclusion and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization.
We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program.
We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance.
We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community.
We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.

Equal Opportunity

At Arctic Wolf, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that thrives on diversity of thought, background, and culture.
We believe in diversity and inclusion and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization.
We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program.
We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance.