Malware Analyst III (MA3)

Malware Analyst III (MA3)

Salary: Up to $217,500, depending on education and experience
Security Requirements: TS/SCI with CI Poly (both active)
Education: Minimum of bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related discipline.

1. Employs engineering techniques and processes to analyze software to identify vulnerabilities.
2. Re-creates programs to rebuild something like it, exploits its weaknesses, or strengthens its defenses.
3. Develops design specifications by inspection and analysis to offset various malware and to protect and defend USCYBERCOM infrastructure.
4. Develops, researches, and maintains proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and trends in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding, and encryption.
5. Conducts vulnerability assessments/penetration tests of information systems.
6. Ensures software standards are met; designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
7. Performs in-depth detailed research of software and methodologies to build defensive and offensive technical capabilities for USCYBERCOM.
8. Possesses senior-level experience as a Malware Analyst with a background in cutting-edge cyberspace technologies.
9. Often and without source code or documentation, performs system analysis, reverse engineering, and static, dynamic, and best-practice malware analytics methodologies and analysis on Windows, Android, or UNIX-based platforms.
10. Coordinates effort to develop and analyze cyberspace operations, DCO, Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), and OCO solutions.
11. Creates malware detection topologies.
12. Possesses comprehensive knowledge of programming skills especially including C/C++ and Assembly language, Windows internal C/C++, and either UNIX/Linux or mobile (Android) platform, malware and things related to malware research and analysis, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, exploit development, and related disciplines.