Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

Who You are:
You are a passionate, results-oriented, cybersecurity analyst who is passionate about computer network security and malware trends. You want to protect companies and customers from cybercriminals trying to steal sensitive data to leverage victims for financial gain.
You have an advanced English, you are inquisitive, you love learning, you know how to get to the right answers even if you do not know them to start with. You want to know who is behind cyber-attacks, and what techniques they’re using to penetrate systems. You listen carefully and voice your challenges and progress to your leaders. You also embody the other human values that we care about most (accountability, belonging, bias for action) and you know that people matter most.
A Typical “Day in the Life of a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst” in WatchGuard:
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.
30/60/90 Plan:
• At 30 days – This is a training period. You will be trained in basic malware analysis and will learn the systems involved in the daily tasks of the team.
• At 60 days – Training continues. You will be trained in more advanced malware analysis and the consoles used to analyze, detect malware and do the daily classification work.
• At 90 days – Training continues. You will start working in classifying files and detecting malware from clients with the rest of the team, supervised by a senior team member.
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.• 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 1-year experience in malware analysis, 2 preferable.• Experience working with malware in a lab.• Knowledge of cybersecurity.• Working as a part of a team with shared goals.• Work under an SLA.• Reversing malware and programming.