Job Description Summary

As a Sr Staff Cyber Security Researcher, you will utilize your cyber security expertise to help GE Vernova protect its global brand, products, customers, and business partners. You do not admire problems, you solve them swiftly using threat and data driven approaches to raise cost to adversaries. You are a critical member of our detection engineering team that continually builds robust, high-fidelity detection based on actionable threat intelligence.

Job Description

Role Summary/Purpose

As a Sr Staff Cyber Security Researcher, you will utilize your cyber security expertise to help GE Vernova protect its global brand, products, customers, and business partners. You do not admire problems, you solve them swiftly using threat and data driven approaches to raise cost to adversaries. You are a critical member of our detection engineering team that continually builds robust, high-fidelity detection based on actionable threat intelligence.

 

Essential Responsibilities

• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, execution, accountability, and innovation to protect the company, stay ahead of emerging threats, and raise costs to adversaries.
• Create and manage the full lifecycle of reliable and high-quality detection content for all major technology stacks using TTP based threat intelligence, threat actor artifacts and behaviors aligned to Lockheed Cyber KillChain, and Mitre ATT&CK.
• Conduct comprehensive and practical threat actor research to ensure we deploy the right detection in the right places using all available technologies to achieve reliable and timely coverage.
• Build and maintain a high-quality detection engineering practice that enables the entire team to contribute detection content.
• Collaborate with platform and automation teams to design and implement automated security solutions and integrations using SOAR platforms and APIs to streamline security operations, enhance incident detection & response, and automate repetitive tasks.
• Provide support, rapid analysis and detection expertise during incident response efforts.
• Mentor, train and educate members of the team on the latest capabilities, practices, and approaches to threat detection.
• Drive an AI-forward detection engineering approach by evaluating and applying machine learning and generative AI capabilities to improve threat detection fidelity, accelerate analysis, and enhance security operations at scale.

 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or significant relevant experience in a Cybersecurity domain.
• Minimum 8 years of Cyber experience.

 

Desired Characteristics

• AI-forward mindset with the ability to evaluate and apply emerging AI and machine learning capabilities to advance threat detection and security operations
• Team oriented, with a bias for action and execution
• Expertise in working with large data sets to develop detection analytics and behaviors
• Strong understanding of pro-active cyber defense through threat hunting
• Experience with DevOps and SecDevOps practices.
• Detailed understanding of APT, Cyber Crime and other associated cyber threat tactics
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Splunk, Sentinel or other SIEM products
• Familiarity with scripting / programming (Python & Jupyter preferred)
• Experience with detection rule writing (Suricata, Snort, Yara, Zeek, etc.)
• Familiar with CND-based analytical models (Kill Chain, Pyramid of Pain, ATT&CK, etc.)
• Experience in Network Security Monitoring practices, with direct hands-on experience with one or more NSM related technologies (Suricata, Snort, Zeek, etc.)
• Experience with host-based detection and IR technologies such as CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, Tanium, Windows Defender or similar
• Experience working with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, SaaS, etc.)
• Ability to set and manage expectations with key stakeholders and team members
• Exceptional critical thinking, writing, and presentation skills to properly qualify assessments with concise, relevant information, leading to accurate execution plans

Additional Information

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

Application Deadline:

 

 

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $128,900.00 and $214,900.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

 

 

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

 

 

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on June 05, 2026.

 

 

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

 

 

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.