Malware Defense Senior Manager (MRA)

Bank of America•Washington, DC

5d•$155,000 - $220,000•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, this role leads the Malware Research & Analysis (MRA) team within Global Malware Defense. The team conducts advanced malware research, analysis, and reverse engineering to understand malicious code, attacker behaviors, techniques, and infrastructure, then translates findings into actionable intelligence to strengthen enterprise detection, prevention, hunting, and response capabilities. The manager is accountable for the strategy, execution, and continued advancement of the MRA capability. The role leads and develops a highly technical team, establishes priorities and quality standards, and ensures research and analysis produce meaningful defensive improvements. It partners with teams across Global Malware Defense and GIS to identify security gaps, strengthen defensive controls, advance tooling and automation, and support complex malware investigations and cybersecurity incidents. The position leads 12 direct reports.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity, malware analysis, reverse engineering, incident response, threat research, or related technical disciplines.
At least 5 years of experience managing technical teams, with demonstrated ability to build, coach, and develop cybersecurity talent.
Strong understanding of malware analysis and reverse engineering concepts, including static, dynamic, and behavioral analysis.
Strong knowledge of malware behaviors, persistence, obfuscation, command-and-control, attacker techniques, and reverse engineering methodologies and tools such as IDA Pro and Ghidra.
Knowledge of endpoint, network, and other security technologies, including EDR/XDR, SIEM, sandboxing, and related platforms used to detect, investigate, and prevent malicious activity.
Understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
Experience supporting complex cybersecurity incidents and coordinating technical analysis, escalation, and response across multiple teams.
Ability to translate technical findings into actionable detection, prevention, hunting, response, and defensive-control improvements.
Experience driving improvements in security tooling, automation, analytical processes, or technical capabilities.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical issues to technical and leadership audiences.

Responsibilities

Lead the MRA team within Global Malware Defense, with accountability for strategy, priorities, talent, and execution.
Provide leadership, coaching, and technical direction to malware analysts and reverse engineers, fostering technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Oversee advanced malware research, analysis, and reverse engineering to identify malware capabilities, behaviors, indicators, infrastructure, and emerging attacker techniques.
Operationalize malware research and analysis into improved detection, prevention, hunting, and response capabilities.
Partner with malware control owners, threat intelligence, incident response, engineering, and other cybersecurity teams to identify gaps and strengthen defensive controls.
Provide leadership and technical oversight for complex malware investigations, escalations, and high-impact security events.
Provide leadership and technical support during malware-related cybersecurity incidents, ensuring timely analysis, escalation, and coordination with incident response and partner teams.
Advance MRA capabilities through improvements in tooling, automation, analytical methodologies, processes, and emerging technologies.
Develop technical talent, establish quality standards, and ensure timely, consistent, high-quality analytical outcomes.