Job Opening- Botnet/Malware Research

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Job Position: Senior Threat/Malware Research Analyst
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Relocation: Required. Relocation assistance is being offered*****

Collaborating with the marketing and engineering teams, the Senior
Research Analyst will typically need to design and construct analysis
tools that automate the extraction of botnet intelligence and make it
available to the company's other technologies and its knowledgebase as
well as responding to ad-hoc requests for malware analysis driven by
business and client needs to determine characteristics, functionality,
and/or recommend countermeasures.

The position may entail interaction with the media following the
successful outcome of directed research or response activities.

Responsibilities:
· Independent threat analysis and data mining of new botnet instances
· Research in to new methods for detecting and reporting botnet
activities
· Dissection of new botnet samples and the automation of sample
processing
· Investigation of new botnet command and control tactics and
subsequent enumeration of botnet operators
· Focused analysis of botnet outbreaks within enterprise and ISP
networks
· Contribution to research and commercial papers describing the
evolving botnet threat

Skills & Experience:
· Experience as a security engineer, threat intelligence analyst, or
similar senior technical role
· Extensive knowledge of tracing and debugging Windows processes in
the context of malware reverse engineering
· Proficiency with C/C++ programming and x86 assembly /disassembly
· Deep understanding of network flow data analysis, deep packet
inspection and network behaviors of malicious software
· Comprehensive knowledge of anti-debugging and anti-instrumentation
techniques
· Familiarity with packing and anti-reverse engineering techniques,
including data obfuscations that employ primitive or basic
cryptography
· Ability to troll underground Internet forums and criminal sites/
portals for new botnet intelligence


*****Please email resume to: rfre...@xpectsvc.com



Rian Freedman
rfre...@xpectsvc.com

Xpect SVC, LLC
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