View all jobsMalware Analyst III (MA3)
Salary: Up to $217,500, depending on education and experience
Certifications: None Required.
Experience (Ten years Required):
- Employs engineering techniques and processes to analyze software to identify vulnerabilities.
- Re-creates programs to rebuild something like it, exploits its weaknesses, or strengthens its
defenses.
- Develops design specifications by inspection and analysis to offset various malware and to
protect and defend USCYBERCOM infrastructure.
- Develops, researches, and maintains proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and
trends in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding, and encryption. - Conducts
vulnerability assessments/penetration tests of information systems.
- Ensures software standards are met; designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs
applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
- Performs in-depth detailed research of software and methodologies to build defensive and
offensive technical capabilities for USCYBERCOM.
- Possesses senior-level experience as a Malware Analyst with a background in cutting-edge
cyberspace technologies.
- 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.
- Coordinates effort to develop and analyze cyberspace operations, DCO, Computer Network
Exploitation (CNE), and OCO solutions.
- Creates malware detection topologies. - 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.
Malware Analyst III (MA3)
Linthicum Heights, MDMalware 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.
Certifications: None Required.Experience (Ten years Required):
- Employs engineering techniques and processes to analyze software to identify vulnerabilities.
- Re-creates programs to rebuild something like it, exploits its weaknesses, or strengthens its
defenses.
- Develops design specifications by inspection and analysis to offset various malware and to
protect and defend USCYBERCOM infrastructure.
- Develops, researches, and maintains proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and
trends in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding, and encryption. - Conducts
vulnerability assessments/penetration tests of information systems.
- Ensures software standards are met; designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs
applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
- Performs in-depth detailed research of software and methodologies to build defensive and
offensive technical capabilities for USCYBERCOM.
- Possesses senior-level experience as a Malware Analyst with a background in cutting-edge
cyberspace technologies.
- 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.
- Coordinates effort to develop and analyze cyberspace operations, DCO, Computer Network
Exploitation (CNE), and OCO solutions.
- Creates malware detection topologies. - 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.