Senior Malware Reverse Engineer

Peraton is currently seeking an experienced Senior Malware Reverse Engineer to support a long-term government customer with the Federal Strategic Cyber group.

Location: Arlington, VA.  

In this role, you will:  

• Focus on isolating, reviewing, analyzing, and reverse-engineering malicious binaries to determine functionality and capability.
• Analyze samples and provide written technical reports related to the scope, nature, and characteristics of the malicious code.
• Support active operations and be presented with cutting edge challenges in the malware arena.
• Recommend counter measures to malware and other malicious type code and applications that exploit customer communication systems.
• Conduct reverse engineering for known and suspected malware files.
• Develop policies and procedures to investigate malware incidents for various computer networks.

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years related technical experience, or a Master’s and minimum of 10 years’ experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Experience with and the ability to examine malicious applications from a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Mac, Windows, IOS and Android operating systems, and IOT network devices.
• Knowledge of several of the following tools:
• Ida-Pro, Ollydbg, X64dbg, Scyllax64, Objdump, Readelf, Ghidra, Process Explorer, CFF Explorer, Wireshark, Fiddler, Regshot, Process Monitor, and Process Hacker
• Knowledge of reverse engineering and file reconstruction practices.
• Ability to perform static and dynamic analysis of applications and scripts.
• Ability to unpack and de-obfuscate highly complex malicious applications.
• Debugging and Debugger experience (Experience identifying and defeating known or custom packers).
• Disassembling/disassemblers experience.
• U.S. citizenship
• An Active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI.
• In addition, the selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated DHS background investigation (EOD) for continued employment.

 Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Python
• Knowledge of Java, C, C++, .NET, PowerShell, Golang, C#
• Knowledge of ICS/SCADA systems