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Senior Malware Research Engineer

Palo Alto Networks 9 reviews Santa Clara, CA

Palo Alto Networks - 30+ days ago

Job Description

Palo Alto Networks is THE leading network security company. Our market is the network security market and consists of enterprises, government entities, and service providers. It is an $11Bn market globally. Our next-generation network security solutions safely enable applications, prevent threats, simplify network security infrastructure, and reduce costs. They do so at high speed and with great flexibility.


Description:

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a Senior Malware Research Engineer to work as a member of Application and Threat Research Team. This position will work on malware reverse engineering, malware automated analysis systems, etc.


Primary Responsibilities:

  • Researching and analyzing a wide array of different malware, esepcially zero-day malware and APT and target attack.
  • Write analysis reports/blogs/papers and produce anti-malware signatures
  • Design and implement tools and systems to improve the malware analysis process and extract command and control data from bots.

  • Qualifications:
  • Experience with IDA or equivalent disassembly tools
  • Experience with OllyDbg or WinDbg or equivalent system-level debuggers is a must.
  • Has at least 3 years experience of malware analysis, and has a solid understanding of malware, exploits and shell code.
  • Knowledge of various files formats (eg. PE, ELF) and operating systems (eg. Win32, Linux, MacOS)
  • Deep Knowledge of Windows architecture and Windows internals.
  • Working knowledge of networking protocols, including TCP/IP and HTTP
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