Malware Research Analyst

Role & responsibilities

• Document malware threats and identify procedures to avoid them
• Static and dynamic analyses using tools to identify threats
• Classify malware based on threats and commonalities
• Write alerts to let security personnel know about the latest threats
• Understand tools that identify zero day cyber threats and work to protect from them
• Participate in research and development of malware protection tools
• Ability to setup collection mechanisms for malware samples (honey pots)
• Ability to setup virtualised environments for malware analysis

Preferred candidate profile

Knowledge of Malware Analysis

Certifications in Networking, OS, Infosec and languages (C, C++, Perl, Python & Assembly)

Bachelors degree in Computer Science