
Malware Reverse Engineer, Senior
at Booz Allen Hamilton
Posted 3 days ago
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- Compensation
- $86,900 – $198,000 USD
- City
- Not specified
- Country
- United States
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Malware Reverse Engineer, Senior role based in Fort Meade, MD. The role involves static and dynamic malware analysis, reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and supporting offensive cyber operations to aid national security missions. Candidates should have experience with industry-standard analysis tools, scripting in Python or JavaScript, and knowledge of Windows/Linux malware targets, memory corruption techniques, fuzzing, and shellcode analysis. A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required; minimum education is a Bachelor's with 5+ years or a Master's with 3+ years in malware reverse engineering.
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Job Description
The Opportunity:
Do you enjoy the thrill of the hunt? Are you motivated by the head-to-head challenge of gaining access to well-protected networks? As a network exploitation professional, you know that understanding the adversaries’ tactics, techniques, and procedures are crucial to producing the intel that enables the success of mission owners. At Booz Allen, you can apply your vulnerability analysis, network mapping, exploitation, defensive, and IT logging process experience to execute offensive cyber operations that inform our nation’s most critical security missions.
Safeguard the future with us and develop offensive cyber operations that are essential to providing national security for today and tomorrow.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
You Have:
- Experience with using industry standard static and dynamic analysis tools, including disassemblers, debuggers, virtual machines, and hex editors
- Experience in a scripting language such as Python or JavaScript
- Experience with development or reverse engineering of Windows API targets
- Experience with the identification and classification of malware families based on standard taxonomy and typical malware attack methodologies for both Windows and Linux
- Knowledge of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Mac, application behaviors, and network traffic analysis to identify malware exploits
- Experience with vulnerability research and exploitation methodologies such as fuzzing, shellcode, and leveraging memory corruption vulnerabilities
- Ability to analyze shellcode, packed or obfuscated code, and the associated algorithms, and capture and interpret traces using Wireshark
- Ability to read C/C++, C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, or Rust
- TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in malware reverse engineering, or Master's degree and 3+ years of experience in malware reverse engineering
Nice If You Have:
- Ability to read C/C++ and Python preferred
- Master's degree in a related field
- GREM Certification
- OSED or OSEE Certification
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,900.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.Identity Statement
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Work Model
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Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
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