Principal Software Engineer I

Job Description:
Designation / Title
Principal
Security Researcher I – Malware Research & Detection Engineering
Experience (Years)
8+ Years
Joining Location
Pune
About Quick Heal
Quick Heal Technologies Ltd, founded in
1995 and headquartered in Pune, is India’s leading listed cybersecurity
solutions provider with 23 offices and 1,000+ professionals. Through its
enterprise arm Seqrite, the company
delivers cutting-edge Zero Trust solutions to secure endpoints, data,
networks, and users across industries and geographies.
Seqrite
Labs powers its offerings with advanced threat research, intelligence, and
real-time detection. Notably, Seqrite secured ISRO’s command & control
center during the Chandrayaan 3 mission. Its
services division provides consulting to corporates, PSUs, government, and
law enforcement agencies worldwide.
Core
Purpose: Innovate to simplify digital security
Vision: To be trusted
globally as a cybersecurity leader
Mission: Empower teams
to solve business problems
Seqrite
stands out as a purpose-led organization that invests in people, fosters
innovation, and offers opportunities to work on new technologies while
building a safer digital world.
Job Summary
(A brief overview of the role, its purpose, and key
responsibilities.)
Principal Security Researcher
with expertise in malware analysis, behavioral detection, threat research,
and detection engineering for enterprise endpoint security products.
Experienced in dynamic malware analysis, reverse engineering, Non-PE threat
investigation, behavioral signature writing, YARA rule development, threat
hunting, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and MITRE ATT&CK mapping across
Windows environments. Proficient in researching emerging malware families,
attacker tradecraft, and developing behavioral, signature-based, and
telemetry-driven detections for EDR/XDR platforms.
Hands-on experience with IDA
Pro, Ghidra, x64dbg, Process Monitor, Process Explorer, Wireshark, sandbox
environments, and Windows internals debugging tools for malware investigation
and runtime analysis. Experienced in technical documentation, technical blog
and white paper authoring, quarterly threat reporting, mentoring researchers,
collaborating with engineering teams, presenting technical findings to
stakeholders, delivering customer-facing product demonstrations, and
leveraging AI-assisted workflows to accelerate malware research, detection
development, and validation.
Job Responsibilities
(The key tasks and duties you will be expected to perform in this
role.)
Perform dynamic and behavioral analysis of
malware samples, scripts, droppers, loaders, LolBins, Ransomware and
fileless threats.

Experience
8 - 10 Years

Employment type
Full Time

Work arrangement
No