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Threat Intelligence / Reverse Engineering Investigator
Adobe INC · 🇺🇸 3 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 1,036 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 221 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Adobe INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Engineering Program Manager” (Industrial Engineers) in CA: $120k–$225k, median $173k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 1,036 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 221 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 Engineering, Investigations & Detection • 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. • Strategic Collaboration & Influence • 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. Qualifications & Core Competencies : • 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