Malware Analyst

A Day in the Life

As part of the attestation team for Adaptive Defense you will have to work on classifying files from clients that require expert human malware analysis. You will have to determine if the files are malicious or benign. As the files are blocked in the client’s computers waiting for classification, you will have to do it under an SLA. You will also analyze current malware trends.

About the Position

This position is critical for the success of the 100% Attestation service that is one of the key features of the Adaptive Defense platform. The Attestation Service Malware Analyst plays a key role as is responsible for the classification of the files that are blocked in the clients and that the machine learning models have labeled as high risk.

The right candidate for this position should have knowledge of malware analysis and reverse engineering of binaries. Previous experience in similar position is desired and the candidate should be able to analyze malicious and benign files and have knowledge of different programming languages and a technical background in cyber security.

This is a great opportunity for someone who loves malware analysis and reversing, who wants a career in cyber security and who wants to deal with the most challenging and current cyber threats attacking organizations. If you are passionate about Malware analysis and cyber-security, have experience with reverse engineering of malware, know about vulnerabilities and hacking methods, are up to date with cyber-threats and can analyze and understand Malware code, this is the position you are looking for.

This role reports directly to the Attestation Service Manager. If you are looking for a challenge and you are enthusiastic, self-motivated, and want to grow as a Malware Analyst, WatchGuard has the perfect role for you.

Position Responsibilities

• Classification of files into malicious or benign
• Join the malware analyst team with direct access to the best reversing engineers in the business
• Analyze and detect the latest malware
• Identification of PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs)
• Goodware application classification
• Analyze new trends and techniques used by malware and cyber criminals
• Study the attack methods of new critical malware
• Define new rules and technologies for malware identification to improve automatic classification systems based on machine learning
• Improve client protection
• Create technical reports on new critical malware for distribution to technical audiences
• Continuous learning and continuous technical knowledge improvement
• Participate in the most interesting technological projects and continuous challenges
• Maintain an excellent working environment

Skills and Qualifications

• Malware analysis and reverse engineering
• Reverse engineering tools like IDA Pro, OllyDBG, WinDBG
• Knowledge of other malware analysis tools
• Knowledge of Sandbox Tolls like Cuckoo
• Knowledge of Network Frames analysis (Winpcp/Wireshark)
• Knowledge of Sysinternal tools (Sysmon / Autoruns / ProcMon / RegMon / diskMon / TCPView) or OS logs (syslogs / EventViewer)
• Development of extensions and scripts for these tools
• Windows, APIs, Windows user-space and kernel-space
• Virtualization and emulation
• Knowledge of C / C ++ / Python programming languages
• Knowledge of other programming and scripting languages (.Net, Java, Javascript, VBscript, powersell, etc)
• Additional knowledge on other platforms will be valued: iOS and Android
• Pen testing and ethical hacking knowledge is a plus

Experience

• At least 2-year experience in malware analysis.
• Total Experience of 3-12 years
• Experience working with malware in a lab
• Knowledge in cybersecurity
• Working as a part of a team with shared goals
• Work under an SLA
• Reversing malware and programming