Malware Security Engineer

Job Description:

Malware Security Engineer Summary:

Signature Consultants has an opportunity for a Malware Security Engineer. The malware analyst will be responsible for analyzing various malware samples, understanding remediation efforts, track espionage actors and their infrastructure, and report on those findings to our client’s customers. The Cyber Event Response Team’s mission is to reduce risk by using existing or establishing robust cyber-hacking and malicious code containment activities for the security, safeguarding, continuity and confidentiality of information. The successful candidate must be able to work independently on their given tasks, work well in a team environment, and come up with innovative ways to track progression of malware families, infrastructure, and campaigns conducted by espionage actors.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of direct experience in incident response surrounding malware related events (or must show equivalent competency)
• Investigate computer systems to identify malware infections or evidence of malware related activity
• Must have solid understanding of Microsoft Windows malware
• Must have a solid understanding of dynamic/static analysis of malware
• Background or experience in static analysis a plus
• Must be able to think outside the box and develop solutions to accomplish difficult tasks
• Ability to create scripts to automate certain tasks a plus
• Solid background in network traffic analysis
• Experience in encryption / obfuscation and how to reverse it a plus
• Proficient knowledge of networking protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPs, FTP, IRC, RPC, DNS, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be able to document findings, create reports and document processes to improve workflow.
• Expertise using Splunk to query and search log sources to hunt for malicious activity
• Experience with tools such as Splunk, Encase, IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Volatility, Wireshark, etc.

Preferred Skills:

• Offensive skills, to include pen testing and simulate threat actor tactics, these skills will be used to help improve controls
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field
• Enterprise Role Overview Key individual contributor, with accountability for researching, designing, engineering, implementing, and supporting information security & technology systems (software & hardware).
• Utilizes in-depth technical knowledge and business requirements to design and implement secure solutions to meet customer/client needs while protecting assets
• Develop and implement security standards, procedures, and guidelines for multiple platforms and diverse environment (e.g. client server, distributed, mainframe, etc.)
• Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results

About Signature Consultants, LLC

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: to provide clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. For the seventh consecutive year, Signature was voted as one of the “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” and is now the 14th largest IT staffing firm in the United States (source: Staffing Industry Analysts). With 26 locations throughout North America, Signature annually deploys thousands of consultants to support, run, and manage their clients’ technology needs. Signature offers IT staffing, consulting, managed solutions, and direct placement services. For more information on the company, please visit www.sigconsult.com.