Cyber Intelligence Associate - Malware Reverse Engineer

JPMorganChase; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Cybersecurity Intelligence Senior Associate to join the Intelligence Operations Team. This role focuses on malware analysis, threat hunting, and building innovative security capabilities while mentoring by senior staff.

You will work on analyzing malware, developing detections, and expanding monitoring across global organizations, leveraging enterprise AI tools under strict data handling standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS/Cybersecurity or related field.
• 2+ years in cybersecurity intelligence or security research focusing on malware analysis.
• Ability to review AI-assisted findings with strong validation and data handling awareness.
• Basic scripting experience (Python, JavaScript, etc.).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and virtualization (VMware).
• Experience with SIEM, SOAR, OSINT, IDA Pro, Ghidra, BinaryNinja, Wireshark, Jupyter, SQL, YARA, AWS Lambda.

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced malware analysis and reverse engineering of suspicious code.
• Develop malware detection signatures and automate analysis workflows.
• Research threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits to enhance monitoring.
• Collaborate with Incident Response teams for technical analysis.
• Document findings in technical analysis reports.
• Communicate with business, tech experts, and vendors.
• Assist peers in producing intelligence reports and insights.
• Contribute cybersecurity perspectives to global infrastructure discussions.
• Use AI capabilities to accelerate threat research and risk assessments.

Skills

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

Python scripting

Cloud platforms

SIEM

SOAR

OSINT

IDA Pro

Ghidra

BinaryNinja

Wireshark

Jupyter

SQL

YARA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or related disciplines

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

OSINT

IDA Pro

Ghidra

BinaryNinja

Wireshark

Jupyter

SQL

YARA

AWS Lambda

Job description

Job Description

Join our elite Cybersecurity Intelligence team and be at the forefront of innovative security strategies. In this dynamic role, you'll harness cutting-edge technology and intelligence to protect our digital landscape, making a real-world impact on global cybersecurity. Your expertise will shape the future of secure digital operations, safeguarding critical assets and fortifying our cyber defenses.

As a Cybersecurity Intelligence Senior Associate in Cybersecurity & Tech Controls, Intelligence Operations Team, you will be an integral member of a team that specializes in analyzing malware targeting the firm and organizations around the world, while expanding the firm's cyber monitoring capabilities into new and exciting areas. We're looking for a self-motivated junior analyst with an insatiable curiosity toward all things cyber to join our team. You'll spend a majority of your time designing, developing, and building innovative capabilities, while also hunting threats, investigating anomalies, and analyzing malware, with mentoring provided by senior members of our team.

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced malware analysis and reverse engineering of suspicious code, leveraging deep expertise in cyberattack tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to investigate, assess, and mitigate security threatsone no
• Develop malware detection signatures, automate analysis and intelligence-gathering processes, and proactively hunt for emerging malware samples, IOCs, and adversary TTPs across diverse data sources
• Researching threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits to enhance monitoring and detection capabilities
• Partnering with the Incident Response (IR) teams to understand incidents and support technical analysis of malicious cyber events
• Documenting and presenting findings in comprehensive technical analysis reports
• Communicating effectively with business representatives, technology specialists, and vendors
• Assisting peer analysts in the production and dissemination of intelligence reports
• Contributing technical expertise and Cybersecurity perspectives to discussions regarding JPMC global technology infrastructure
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate threat research synthesis and risk assessment documentation, validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
• Applies reuse-first, AI-assisted approaches to improve automation in threat detection and analysis workflows, ensuring outputs are validated and aligned to security expectations.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or related disciplines
• 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity intelligence, threat assessment, or security research, focusing on malware analysis / reverse engineering
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support threat intelligence and security research workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted intelligence findings and risk recommendations before use, escalating when uncertain and following security and data handling requirements.
• Basic coding (scripting) experience (i.e. Python, C, JavaScript, VBScript, etc.)
• Familiarity with Cloud platforms (i.e. AWS, Azure, etc.) and Virtualization technologies (i.e VMWare)
• Experience with some of the following: SIEM, SOAR, OSINT, IDA Pro, Ghidra, BinaryNinja, Wireshark, Jupyter, SQL, YARA, AWS Lambda
• A firm belief in doing what's right and following ethical practices
• Foundational understanding of Forensics, Log Analysis, Incident Response and / or Threat and Fraud Intelligence
• Knowledge in Operating Systems (i.e. Windows, Linux, Mac, Mobile), processor architectures (i.e. x86, x64), and computer networking
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to understand complex problems while formally presenting them simplistically

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.