Threat Intelligence/Reverse Engineering Investigator
Job in
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 95199, USA
Listed on 2026-09-15
Listing for:
Adobe Inc.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-15
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection, Security Management & Operations
Job Description & How to Apply Below
The Threat Intelligence / Reverse Engineering Investigator identifies, investigates, and disrupts fraud, abuse, and adversarial activity targeting Adobe's products, services, and ecosystem. Through threat intelligence, reverse engineering, technical investigations, detection engineering, and AI-driven capabilities, the team delivers actionable intelligence and scalable mitigations that strengthen platform resilience and protect Adobe, its customers, and its ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities & Areas of Impact- The responsibilities below represent the primary areas of focus for this role and may evolve alongside emerging risks, business priorities, and organizational needs.
Threat Intelligence & Adversary Research- Monitor and assess adversarial activity, fraud, abuse, and emerging threats impacting Adobe products, services, and business operations.
- Assess threat actors, campaigns, and evolving adversarial behaviors to understand risk exposure and support proactive threat mitigation efforts.
- Leverage open- and closed-source intelligence, industry partnerships, intelligence-sharing communities, and emerging data sources to enhance threat visibility and intelligence collection capabilities.
- Produce intelligence assessments and threat reporting that inform detection, investigations, and operational decision-making.
- Reverse engineer and analyze malicious tooling, automation frameworks, browser extensions, attack infrastructure, and other mechanisms used to target or abuse Adobe services, documenting attacker methodologies and identifying opportunities for disruption.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled attack techniques, adversarial tooling, and automation frameworks, to identify evolving threats and develop scalable detection and mitigation strategies.
- Conduct complex technical investigations into fraud, abuse, account compromise, platform misuse, and other malicious activity, including escalation analysis, attribution, root cause determination, and identification of coordinated threat activity.
- Discover exploited or potential vulnerabilities and partner with stakeholders to develop mitigation strategies, remediation plans, and long-term risk reduction approaches.
- Translate intelligence and investigative findings into scalable detection, monitoring, prevention, and enforcement capabilities.
- Develop and maintain investigative methodologies, detection workflows, and operational processes that support effective threat detection, analysis, and response.
- Partner with Product, Security, Engineering, Data Science, Risk, Trust & Safety, and other stakeholders to mitigate threats, improve platform resilience, and strengthen customer protection.
- Support incident response and emerging threat investigations by providing intelligence, attribution analysis, investigative expertise, and strategic guidance.
- Develop executive-ready briefings, investigative summaries, and risk assessments that communicate findings, business impact, and strategic recommendations.
- Advise stakeholders on intelligence-driven risk mitigation, fraud prevention, abuse prevention, and vulnerability management strategies.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on adversarial behavior, emerging threats, and fraud trends, helping inform long-term threat reduction and platform protection strategies.
- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex investigative, intelligence, and technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for technical, operational, and executive audiences.
- Strong analytical and investigative skills, with the ability to identify patterns, assess risk, and…
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