💼 Full-Time Position

Cybersecurity Research Engineer – Honeypot

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C3iHub, IIT Kanpur
📍 uttar pradesh, kanpur, India
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Location
uttar pradesh, India
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Posted
June 11, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Job Description We are seeking a highly skilled Cybersecurity Research Engineer – Honeypot with strong expertise in honeypot deployment, threat research, and APT attribution . The role involves designing deception-based security systems, conducting deep adversary analysis, and supporting threat intelligence and incident response efforts. Key Responsibilities Design, deploy, and manage low-, medium-, and high-interaction honeypots across IT, cloud, and OT environments Develop custom honeypots and decoys for specific threat actor profiling and campaign tracking Monitor, analyze, and triage honeypot-generated telemetry (network, system, malware artifacts) Perform APT attribution using TTP analysis mapped to MITRE ATT&CK framework Correlate honeypot intelligence with threat intelligence feeds, OSINT, malware reports, and darknet sources Support incident response and threat hunting teams with actionable intelligence Produce research-grade reports including attack timelines, infrastructure a...