Junior data acquisition specialist | dark web monitoring

At NordStellar, we help companies know what hackers know—before they strike.

Join the team turning threat intel into action. From dark web monitoring to attack surface management, we’re building tools that security teams rely on to stay ahead of threats.

Your impact? Helping businesses spot vulnerabilities and prevent cyberattacks—keeping teams and customers safe.

Dark Web Monitoring Team is a non-standard team of 11 people comprising data acquisition, engineering, and business-oriented minds. This team has originated from Nord Security Risk Management and Information Security Departments and recently became a part of standalone cybersecurity product NordStellar. Our goal is to protect businesses and consumers from cyber threats by giving them an in-depth view of the surface, deep, and dark web, monitoring their brand health, and protecting their attack surfaces. Building cyber threat intelligence products is a new frontier in the cybersecurity world and we are on top of it! We want to make the internet safer by disrupting the criminal underground.

Main Responsibilities

• Work with data extraction, manipulation, and analysis using Linux command line and other tools;
• Analyze and research data breaches or other cybersecurity incidents;
• Review the data the team collects, identify what is useful, and prepare and validate datasets that cannot be ingested automatically;
• Organize and maintain an archive of collected databases, ensuring that everything is recorded accurately and is easily accessible;
• Acquire stolen datasets from a range of sources;
• Help automate data ingestion processes.

Core Requirements

• Familiarity with basic data mining techniques;
• A genuine interest in cybersecurity and the cybercriminal underground;
• Detail-oriented and reliable when working with data;
• Analytical thinking abilities, with a problem-solving mindset;
• Ambition to learn and grow as a data acquisition professional, and to pick up new tools quickly.

Bonus Points For

• Comfort working in a Unix environment and using basic Linux shell tools;
• Experience working with large or messy datasets;
• Any coding or scripting experience (e.g. Python);
• Familiarity with handling different data and file formats.

Tools You Will Use

• Unix environment;
• Linux shell tools;
• AI assistants (e.g. Claude);
• Python programming language;
• Cloud Storage.

What We Offer

• Sharpen your edge: training, mentorship, and room to grow — always.
• Take the time you need: extra vacation days, sick days, and time off when life calls.
• Get premium healthcare: private health insurance in Lithuania and Poland — fully covered.
• Protect your peace: enjoy free subscriptions to Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic, and our own resilience and mindfulness trainings.
• Own your fitness: in-house gyms, sport cards, online workouts, and personal guidance — on us.
• Pack your bags for workation: experience our company-wide trip abroad to the fullest.
• Work from anywhere: work from wherever keeps you in the zone.
• Celebrate your milestones: birthdays, weddings, and new family members — all deserve a gift.
• Parent with ease: children’s summer camps and flexibility around the schedule — because parenting never pauses.
• Join the party: team building and company events people talk about for months.
• Unlock Cyber City: coffee bar, open gyms, kids’ room, music room, massage chairs — our Vilnius HQ is yours to enjoy.

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