Reverse Engineer: Malware Analysis & Tooling

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Security Engineer on the FLARE team to perform static and dynamic binary analyses, develop malware configuration extraction tools, and contribute to threat intelligence initiatives. You will produce detailed technical reports and collaborate with teams across Google and Mandiant on intrusion investigations.

The role focuses on safeguarding highly sensitive data, improving threat detection, and advancing reverse engineering capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 2 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 2 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.

Responsibilities

• Perform static and dynamic binary analysis on a wide variety of platforms, architectures, and run-times.
• Write technical reports to support intrusion investigations by Mandiant Consulting, alert triage by Managed Defense, intelligence reports by Google Threat Intelligence, and more.
• Develop software to extract malware configurations from malware families.
• Participate in research and development tasks for existing research initiatives with minimal assistance from executive analysts.
• Develop software in support of malware and vulnerability automation and triage.

Skills

Security assessments

Threat modeling

Security design reviews

Security engineering

Computer security

Network security

Security protocols

Coding

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

WinDbg

Python

Go

Rust

C/C++

Job description

Google is seeking a Security Engineer on the FLARE team to perform static and dynamic binary analyses, develop malware configuration extraction tools, and contribute to threat intelligence initiatives. You will produce detailed technical reports and collaborate with teams across Google and Mandiant on intrusion investigations.

The role focuses on safeguarding highly sensitive data, improving threat detection, and advancing reverse engineering capabilities.