Reverse Engineer, Mandiant, FLARE, Google Cloud

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 141,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Security Engineer to join its team in New York. This role involves performing binary analysis and security assessments, as well as collaborating with software engineers to fix vulnerabilities. The ideal candidate possesses a bachelor's degree, experience with security engineering, and proficiency in reverse engineering tools. The base salary range for this full-time position is $141,000-$202,000, inclusive of bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience with reverse engineering.
• 2 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews.
• Experience using disassemblers and debuggers.

Responsibilities

• Perform static and dynamic binary analysis.
• Write technical reports for investigations.
• Develop software to extract malware configurations.

Skills

Reverse engineering

Security assessments

Security engineering

X86 assembly language

Coding in general purpose languages

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Wireshark

x64dbg

WinDbg

GDB

CFF Explorer

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Reston, VA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with reverse engineering.
• 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.
• Experience with X86 assembly language reverse engineering.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Sysinternals, Wireshark, x64dbg, WinDbg, GDB, and CFF Explorer.
• Experience using disassemblers and debuggers to analyze the functionality of x86 and x64 (AMD64) assembly language code.
• Experience analyzing packed and obfuscated code.
• Understanding of common network protocols, including UDP, TCP, and HTTP.
• Ability to specify important features in PE-COFF and ELF files.

About The Job

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

The mission of the FLARE team at Google Cloud is to provide the world's most trusted reverse engineering capabilities.

Binary analysis is our primary deliverable, providing pertinent and actionable details in a timely fashion. We also use and improve automated methodologies to scale our impact. Utilizing a variety of techniques and tool sets for both static and dynamic methodologies, our aim is to provide the information that organizations need for threat identification, location, and hunting purposes.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $141,000‑$202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

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.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .