Cyber Investigations Engineer – Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering

MITRE; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Forensic Focus is seeking a malware reverse engineer with hands-on experience in static/dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, and forensic examination. The role operates onsite with a federal law enforcement sponsor, translating complex findings into actionable investigative insights.

You will analyze hosts, memory, network and filesystem artifacts to reconstruct malicious activity and support investigations. Strong OS, assembly, obfuscation, and tool proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• Requires deep knowledge of operating systems, executable formats, assembly, obfuscation and packing techniques, plus hands-on use of debuggers, disassemblers, decompilers and sandboxes to analyse malware and extract indicators.

Responsibilities

• Acts as an embedded technical liaison to a federal law enforcement sponsor.
• Conducts static and dynamic malware analysis, reverse engineers executables, examines artifacts to reconstruct malicious activity.
• Supports investigations by translating deep technical findings into actionable investigative insight.

Skills

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

Operating systems knowledge

Tools

Debuggers

Disassemblers

Decompilers

Sandboxes

Job description

The Role

Acts as an embedded technical liaison to a federal law enforcement sponsor, conducting static and dynamic malware analysis, reverse engineering executables, and examining host, memory, network and filesystem artifacts to reconstruct malicious activity and support investigations.

Skills & Experience

Requires deep knowledge of operating systems, executable formats, assembly, obfuscation and packing techniques, plus hands-on use of debuggers, disassemblers, decompilers and sandboxes to analyse malware and extract indicators.

Who It Suits

Suited to experienced malware reverse engineers or digital forensic analysts comfortable working onsite with law enforcement sponsors, translating deep technical findings into actionable investigative insight.