--- title: 'Threat Intelligence Lead at Obsidian Security' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/threat-intelligence-lead-obsidian-security-palo-alto-hahqcyafp45j' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Threat Intelligence Lead at Obsidian Security - **Company:** Obsidian Security - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA - **Compensation:** $240k–$280k - **Posted:** 2026-08-25 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/obsidiansecurity/jobs/5405912008 ## Job description Obsidian Security is the leading SaaS security platform, trusted by global enterprises like Snowflake, T-Mobile, and Algolia. We protect 200+ organizations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, including many of the world’s largest Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies. Founded in 2017 and backed by top investors like Greylock, Obsidian was built to close a critical gap: securing SaaS apps where business happens—Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and hundreds more. The company does this by offering a complete SaaS security platform to reduce risk, detect and respond to threats, and prevent breaches at the source. Obsidian was built by leaders who redefined endpoint and identity security at CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black. Now, they’re transforming how SaaS is secured. With AI driving rapid SaaS growth and complexity, agentic AI tools gain privileged access to sensitive data through integrations, creating new risks most security tools miss. Obsidian uniquely detects anomalous OAuth token activity and manages integration risks. Major announcements are on the horizon. Recognizing that SaaS security needs to evolve, Obsidian enables growing organizations to start with a lightweight, prevention-focused browser extension and expand coverage over time. With global momentum, a growing partner ecosystem including SentinelOne, Databricks, and Google Cloud, and a major fundraise ahead, Obsidian is scaling rapidly toward long-term growth and IPO readiness. We're looking for a Threat Intelligence Lead to join our team and build the function that tells Obsidian what threats matter, why, and what we do about them. The ideal candidate for the role will be a highly technical, passionate, team-oriented professional who can turn a noisy flood of external threat reporting into prioritized, actionable intelligence for both our product and our corporate environment — and then go hunt for it in our own telemetry. The ideal person for this role must be mission and values-driven, must have an ownership mentality, and must put the well-being of our customers, our teammates, and our organization at the forefront of how they operate. This person must be able to operate and thrive in a dynamic, high-growth startup environment within a young and growing Security, GRC, and IT team and programs. This is a critical, high-impact role that will serve as a catalyst for growth for any seasoned cybersecurity professional. The role reports to the Head of Security, works within the Trust Team, partners closely with IT, Engineering, Product, GRC, the Threat Research Lab, and cross-functionally as needed. They will have the support and autonomy to mature, deepen, and scale Obsidian's existing threat intelligence and threat hunting capability. Candidates applying for this sensitive and high-impact role should be highly technical team players with real analytical depth and the judgment to separate signal from noise. They should also have the ability to operate across a cloud-native organization with a cybersecurity mission and a modern tech stack. This is a multi-faceted role within a fast-moving startup and will require the successful candidate to possess an ownership mentality, sound judgment, personal responsibility, and initiative. Your Responsibilities Will Include: Threat Intelligence - Collect, correlate, and synthesize threat intelligence from commercial feeds, open source reporting, ISACs, vendor advisories, researcher communities, and dark web sources into a single coherent picture. - Assess the applicability of each emerging threat, campaign, and vulnerability to the Obsidian product and to Obsidian's corporate infrastructure — and say clearly whether it matters to us and why. - Produce timely, decision-grade intelligence products: threat advisories, actor and campaign profiles, and periodic briefings for both technical teams and leadership. - Track threat actors targeting SaaS, cloud, and identity infrastructure, and maintain a living view of the TTPs most relevant to our customers and to us, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK. - Own the intelligence requirements process — define what we need to know, and drive collection against it rather than reacting to whatever crosses the wire. Threat Hunting and Detection - Run structured, hypothesis-driven threat hunts across corporate and product environments based on IOCs, TTPs, and intelligence-derived leads. - Operationalize indicators into detections, and drive the enrichment and lifecycle management of IOCs so they stay useful instead of stale. - Write and tune the detections yourself — convert hunt findings into durable detection logic, playbooks, and response actions, and partner with incident response to operationalize them. - Support incident investigations with attribution context, actor tradecraft, and pivoting off known infrastructure. - Contribute to purple team exercises and validate that our controls actually detect what the intelligence says we should care about. Customer Zero - Be the customer zero of the Obsidian product — use it at full capability to secure our own corporate assets, run hunts inside it, and pressure-test it the way our most demanding customers do. - Identify use-cases to address, provide feedback on in-development features, and reshape workflows in the product. ## What We're Looking For - A person who is excited about working at an industry-leading cybersecurity startup operating at the cutting edge of the field, defending against state-of-the-art threats. - At least 6 years of experience in threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, incident response, or security operations. Level commensurate with experience. - Demonstrated ability to analyze threat data and produce clear, prioritized, actionable assessments for varied audiences. - Hands-on threat hunting experience across cloud, SaaS, and endpoint telemetry, with fluency in MITRE ATT&CK and the intelligence lifecycle. - Working knowledge of the security capabilities and attack surface of modern IT and SaaS systems such as Okta, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Slack, Notion, and Jira. - Experience with SIEM query languages and with scripting for automation and enrichment in a language such as Python. - Familiarity with intelligence sharing standards and tooling (STIX/TAXII, MISP, OpenCTI, or similar). - Be obsessive about security while doing everything possible to support the overall mission. ## What We Can Do For You - Be part of a team-first, low-ego, mission-focused culture. - Provide opportunities for professional development. - Provide opportunities to make high-impact contributions to security. - Provide opportunities to influence the Obsidian product. - Annual conference attendance budget - Competitive salary, equity, and health benefits - Opportunity to publish research, share non-proprietary code, and present at conferences - Reserve your seat on our rocket ship! We are funded by Greylock Partners, Google Ventures, Menlo Ventures, WingVC, Norwest Venture Partners, Crescent Cove Advisors, and are growing fast. This role is a game-changer and is about securing our company and shaping our product as we provide cutting-edge capabilities to help organizations increase their security. Employee Benefits Our competitive benefits packages are designed to support our employees' well-being, both at work and at home.  Our US based employees enjoy: - Competitive compensation with equity and 401k - Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage - Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off - 12 weeks of new parent or family leave - Personal and professional development resources For more details on our US benefits, or for information on our international benefits, please see [here](https://app.rippling.com/benefits/preview/76xr7qaxl1xvkd3z). Pay Transparancy Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is eligible for equity awards and may be eligible for sales commission or incentive compensation based on the role or function within the company. At Obsidian, we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and hire for talent, passion, and compassion. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to submit satisfactory proof of identity and legal authorization.  If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact accommodations@obsidiansecurity.com Information collected and processed as part of any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Obsidian’s [Applicant Privacy Policy](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/privacy-policy/). Base Salary Range $240,000—$280,000 USD ## About Obsidian Security ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Obsidian Security provides an end-to-end AI and SaaS security platform that gives enterprises continuous visibility, runtime guardrails, and audit-ready evidence across human, agentic, and non-human activity. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, USA - **Founded**: 2017 - **Founders**: Glenn Chisholm (Co-Founder & CTO) and other co-founders including Brian Murphy (Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Cybersecurity (SaaS Security Posture Management, AI Security Posture Management, Identity Threat Detection and Response) - **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise – Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies (e.g., Snowflake, T-Mobile, Pure Storage) across financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, and entertainment. - **Mission statement**: “Be the trust layer for enterprise AI adoption – enabling every organization to embrace the power of SaaS and AI without fear, confusion, or compromise.” ## Products & Services - **SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)**: Unified visibility into misconfigurations, access drift, and compliance gaps across third-party enterprise applications (Salesforce, Workday, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, etc.). - **AI Security Posture Management (AISPM)**: Full visibility into every AI agent and GenAI application in the environment, including access, behavior, and data exposure. - **Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)**: Runtime detection of threats across humans, connected apps, and AI agents, with response capabilities to prevent incidents. - **SaaS Supply Chain Resilience**: Reduces risky integrations, detects third-party threats early, and contains blast radius from vendor breaches. - **Self-learning AI + Knowledge Graph**: Real-time, normalized mapping of every identity, access event, activity, and risk across the entire SaaS and AI estate. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – **$90M (Series B)** raised from top investors. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: - Investors: Greylock Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, IVP, GV (Google Ventures), Menlo Ventures, SYN Ventures, Wing Venture Capital. - Board members include Venky Ganesan (Menlo Ventures), Asheem Chandna (Greylock), Gaurav Garg (Wing Venture Capital). - Ecosystem partners: SentinelOne, Databricks, Google Cloud. - **Growth Signals**: - Protects more than **200 organizations** across North America, Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. - Customer roster includes **2 of top 3 financial services firms**, **3 of top 5 telecom carriers**, **6 of top 10 hospitality/entertainment companies**, **7 of top 10 manufacturers**, **10 of top 12 healthcare providers**. - Expanded from SaaS security to AI security in 2025; strong global momentum and a new fundraise on the horizon. - Headcount likely growing (34 open positions as of search date). ## Competitive Advantages - **Network Effects**: Every live customer threat and signal feeds a shared model, sharpening detections across all customers before they become incidents. - **Knowledge Graph Technology**: Unified, normalized, real-time mapping of all identities, access events, and risks across the entire SaaS and AI estate – a data foundation competitors lack. - **SaaS-native & AI-native**: Purpose-built for environments where data lives in third-party apps and AI agents, not behind a firewall. - **Team Expertise**: Leadership team includes category-defining security veterans from CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling globally** with growing partner ecosystem and a major fundraise expected. - **Deepening AI Security** as enterprises connect AI tools and agents to sensitive data. - **Expanding coverage** across non-human identities (service accounts, API tokens, AI agents) which now outnumber human identities in enterprise application estates. - **Continuing to build the "trust layer"** that enables safe AI adoption at scale. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as a passionate team “optimizing for impact” by solving big cybersecurity challenges. Values include customer obsession, ownership, delivery excellence, and data ethics (the “Obsidian C.O.D.E.”). - **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. Many roles appear location-specific (e.g., Principal Product Security Engineer, Staff Enterprise Security Engineer – Palo Alto). Expected hybrid/on-site presence. - **Notable Benefits** (US employees): - Competitive compensation with equity and 401k. - Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision). - 12 weeks of new parent or family leave. - Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off. - Personal and professional development resources. - **Growth Opportunity**: Highly funded, fast-growing cybersecurity startup backed by top-tier VCs; opportunity to shape a new category (SaaS+AI security) while working with elite enterprise customers. ## Sources 1. [Obsidian Security – Company Website](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/) 2. [Obsidian Security – Who We Are](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/company) 3. [Obsidian Security – Careers](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/careers) 4. [Obsidian Security – Job Board (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/obsidiansecurity) 5. 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