Malware Analyst/Reverse Engineer with Active Top Secret

About the position

Peraton is looking for an experienced Malware Analyst/Reverse Engineer in support of the TASO mission with our DSCM program supporting the Department of State. Location: Arlington, VA; On-site, daily requirement. The Cyber Threat Analysis Division's (DS/CTI/CTAD) Technical Analysis and Special Operations (TASO) team performs advanced cyber threat network hunting, advanced technical analyses (e.g. analysis of malicious code, network traffic, and Web log data), and forensic review of hard drives, mobile devices, and other storage media.

Responsibilities

• Perform Dynamic and static analysis of malware, or suspected malware, to determine functionality and capability.
• Perform behavioral analysis through sand-boxing and leveraging virtual machines to simulate enterprise environments.
• Reverse engineer malware samples through the use of debugging tools.
• Provide a written technical report related to the scope, nature, and characteristics of identified malicious code.
• Identify malware IOCs, TTPs and recommend appropriate counter measures.
• Perform advanced network threat hunting to detect malicious or suspicious behavior on Department on-premise and cloud-based networks.
• Respond to security events received from CIRT and provide comprehensive findings and recommended remediation steps.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 9 years' total cyber experience, with 5 of those years' specific to Malware, required.
• An additional 4 years' of relevant Malware experience will be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
• Possess ONE of the following CERTS: CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP.
• Demonstrated experience performing static and dynamic analysis techniques.
• Experience using sandbox and other simulated networked environments for analysis.
• Demonstrated strong critical, creative, and analytical thinking skills.
• Expertise in discovering, analyzing, diagnosing, and reporting on malware events, files and network intrusion and vulnerability issues.
• Ability to recommend sound counter measures to malware and other malicious type code and applications which exploit customer communication systems.
• Experience developing technically detailed reports that translate complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• An active Top Secret security clearance.
• Ability to obtain a final Top Secret/SCI security clearance.