As a Principal Threat Hunting Engineer at GoDaddy, you will conduct comprehensive threat hunting investigations with a focus on web-based attacks targeting popular CMS platforms like WordPress, Joomla, and Magento. Your role involves writing detection and remediation signatures for various malware types using YARA, Regex, and other text pattern techniques. You will research and analyze malicious activities, malware, and vulnerabilities to develop effective detection mechanisms. Additionally, you will create and maintain security tools, automation scripts, and detection frameworks utilizing languages such as PHP, Python, Go, and JavaScript. Engineering scalable and resilient security solutions leveraging AWS and other cloud services will be a key responsibility, along with developing Linux shell scripts to automate security tasks and streamline forensic investigations. You will also design and implement API integrations to enhance security monitoring and response capabilities. The position requires over 8 years of experience in threat hunting, malware analysis, and security research with expertise in web security principles, attack vectors, and mitigation techniques. Proficiency in writing and testing signatures using YARA, Regex, and pattern matching is essential. Familiarity with DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipeline security, and cloud environments, particularly AWS, is required. You should have strong programming skills in PHP, Python, Go, and JavaScript, along with database management experience in MySQL and NoSQL. Experience in Linux shell scripting, SIEM tools, log analysis, and anomaly detection is necessary. Certifications like GCIH, GREM, CEH, OSCP, CTIA, CISSP, CompTIA SECURITY+, CySA+, and PENTEST+ are highly regarded. Prior contributions to security research or communities are a plus. GoDaddy offers a range of total rewards including paid time off, retirement savings, bonuses, equity grants, stock purchase plans, competitive health benefits, and family-friendly benefits such as parental leave. The company values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, integrating these principles into employee experience and customer operations. This remote position involves occasional office visits for team events or meetings.