Cybersecurity Research Engineer – Honeypot

C3iHub, IIT Kanpur • India, Uttar Pradesh • Posted June 05, 2026

About the Role

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 incid...