Reverse Engineer - Android

Trellix Public Sector; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Support for Community Involvement

Job summary

Trellix Public Sector is hiring an Android Reverse Engineer to analyze and deconstruct Android apps and SDKs for security risks. You will apply decompilation, debugging, and other reverse engineering techniques to understand code and uncover vulnerabilities.

Collaboration with researchers and developers will drive secure application improvements across Trellix platforms. The role requires 3–5+ years in Android development, reverse engineering, pentesting, or app security assessments, with

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of expertise in Android development, reverse engineering, pentesting, or app security assessments.
• Hands-on with Android malware analysis, APK/SDK analysis.
• Experience with CTF challenges is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth analysis of Android apps and SDKs to understand codebase and risks.
• Apply reverse engineering techniques including decompilation and debugging.
• Identify user/device risk, data leakage, and malicious code execution.
• Gather and report threat intelligence on Android malware and exploits.
• Collaborate with researchers and developers to share findings and strengthen security.

Skills

Android Development

Reverse Engineering

Pentesting

Application Security Assessments

CTF

Tools

Jadx

Ghidra

Frida

IDA Pro

Burp

Job description

Job Title:

Reverse Engineer - Android

About Trellix

Trellix is a global cybersecurity leader helping organizations build cyber resilience for the AI era. Combining AI-native security, operational threat intelligence, and automated detection and response, Trellix provides defense-grade protection at machine speed across on-premises, air-gapped, operational technology, hybrid, and cloud environments. Trellix helps customers anticipate threats, scale effective security operations, maintain business continuity, and adapt their security posture for the modern threat landscape. Working with a broad partner ecosystem and global intelligence collaborators, Trellix helps strengthen the collective defense against cybercriminals and state-sponsored attacks. At Trellix, we empower professionals at all career stages to expand their technical expertise, lead strategic initiatives, and make a tangible global impact. Whether you are an industry pioneer or an emerging specialist, Trellix provides the tools and opportunities to enhance and expand your skill set. Join our mission to scale AI-driven cyber defense alongside an AI-accelerated threat landscape, and help build a safer, more resilient future . More at https://trellix.com .

Role Overview

Android Reverse Engineer

In support of our global Android Reverse Engineering program, we seek highly skilled Android App and SDK Reverse Engineers to join our team. This role will involve analyzing and deconstructing Android applications and SDKs to identify potential security risks and gain insights into their underlying functionality.

About The Role

Deep Dive Analysis

Conduct in-depth analysis of Android applications and SDKs to understand their codebase, architecture, functionality and to identify potential risks.

Reverse Engineering Techniques

Employ advanced reverse engineering techniques to extract information from various codebases, including decompilation, disassembly, and debugging.

Risk Identification

Identify user and device risk, data leakage, and malicious code execution within Android apps and SDKs.

Threat Intelligence

Gather, analyze and report threat intelligence related to Android malware, exploits, and emerging security trends.

Collaboration

Collaborate with security researchers, developers, and other stakeholders to share findings, provide recommendations, and contribute to the development of secure applications and ecosystem.

About You

We require a minimum of 3 - 5+ years of expertise in one or more of the following: Android Development, Reverse Engineering, Pentesting, Application Security Assessments, Capture the Flag (CTF).

Our Android Reverse Engineering Program also requires hands on experience with the following:

• Analyzing, unpacking, and reverse engineering code of malicious applications or SDKs.
• Static and Dynamic Analysis Techniques
• Reverse Engineering tools such as Jadx, Ghidra, Frida, IDA Pro, Burp, to perform binary and APK analysis
• Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Flutter, and other mobile software languages
• ELF (Native Binaries) reverse engineering
• Development of signatures (SQL, Yara, etc.)

An understanding of the following topics will be greatly appreciated and utilized:

• Android Fundamentals such as Android activity lifecycles, common Android API usage, AOSP, and how an Android application is created.
• Techniques utilized by malicious applications to harm the user's device or their data
• Mobile App store policies (Ads, PHAs, Developer, etc.)
• Network traffic analysis; security fundamentals
• Research on threats such as APT using Open-Source Intelligence (Virus Total, Web, ExploitDB, MITRE, etc.)
• Encoding and Cryptography
• Authentication mechanisms and security
• Device rooting
• Complex frameworks and application packers

Company Benefits and Perks

• We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day.
• Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement

We're serious ab out our commitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

Our Commitment to You

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