Sr. Malware Researcher

Posted:	9 May 2012
Company name:	FireEye
Location:	Milpitas CA
	United States
Travel:	none
Poster represents:	employer
Terms of employment:	Salaried employee
Hours:	full time
Onsite:	yes
Description: *Perform leading edge malware research, analysis (data-mining) and generate content for use in our products *Enhance FireEye’s security content infrastructure, process workflow, and the malware intelligence portal *Run the FireEye’s security content release process, controlling content selection, packaging, and coordination with DEV/QA/Customer-Support teams
Required skills: *At least five years direct or equivalent experience in areas of malware-analysis, software/security-content build/release, networking/system administration or software development *Knowledge in Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering *Proficiency with network traffic analysis tools such as wireshark and tcpdump *Knowledge in Security and Malware detection technologies *Solid programming skills with scripting languages such as Perl or Python is required *Working knowledge of databases such as Postgres or MySQL *Working knowledge of Rapid Web development frameworks/languages and environments such as PHP etc *Deep working knowledge of networking concepts: TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, IRC, RPC, DNS etc *Host based IDS/IPS knowledge and experience a definite plus *Strong problem solving, troubleshooting and analysis skills *Experience working in fast-paced development environments *Excellent written & verbal communication skills *Excellent inter-personal and teamwork skills *Self-driven, proactive, hardworking, team-player with a good sense of humor *BS/MS in computer science or equivalent experience
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Contact information: Michael.Huynh@FireEye.com