Role : Cyber Operations Malware Analyst - Intermediate
Location : Fort Knox, KY
Education / Certifications : BA / BS or MA / MS; IAT Level II; Computing Environment Certification
Years of Experience : 5+
Clearance Level & Investigation : Secret
Job Description : Qualifications :
Qualifications :
- Participates in evaluation and analysis of complex malicious code through utilization of tools, including dissemblers, debuggers, hex editors, un-packers, virtual machines, and network sniffers.
- Responsible for providing findings in technical report with details of malware, identification parameters, advanced capabilities, and mitigation strategies.
- Conducts research on malicious software, vulnerabilities, and exploitation tactics.
- Requires experience with application security, network security, reverse engineering, or malware.
- Requires thorough knowledge of worms, viruses, Trojans, rootkits, botnets, Windows internals, and Win32 API.
- Additional experience required in programming (assembly and web) and system analysis with various tools, including IDA Pro, Ollydbg, PCAP tools, or TCP Dump.
- Must be professionally certified, within a CND discipline, as Technical Level II as defined by DODI 8570.
Specific Responsibilities :
- Identifies all information systems that meet quarantine criteria for analysis.
- Compiles vulnerabilities into a Quarantine List (QL) for review, processing, and coordination utilizing various tracking tools / ticket systems.
- Identifies all hosts that have been in quarantine with no actions pending or initiated for remediation.
- Provides reports as required.
- Reviews scan(s) to ensure remediation was successful.
- Provide status of device to requesting organization technician / representative according to current quarantine reporting processes and requirements.
- Updates and resolves tickets with recommendations, routes ticket for further troubleshooting or reimaging, or removes if no remediation available.
5 days ago