Senior Malware Analyst — ICS & Critical Infra (Remote)

Dragos, Inc.; Lennox Park (MD); Remote; USD 164,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Dragos, Inc. seeks an Associate Principal Malware Analyst to lead deep-dive ICS malware analysis, develop detections, and produce actionable reports. Youll collaborate with detection engineers, hunters, and intelligence analysts to turn research into deployable defenses.

This remote-first role supports teams across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC, driving malware research that shapes industry defenses while advancing your expertise and impact.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in malware analysis, reverse engineering, or a related ics/ot cybersecurity discipline.
• Advanced proficiency in static and dynamic malware reverse engineering using tools such as disassemblers, debuggers, and decompilers (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra, x64dbg).
• Experience analyzing ics-specific software, firmware, and embedded systems.
• Strong Yara signature development skills, with experience building detection analytics for novel malware and attack techniques.
• Proven ability to write clear, persuasive, customer-facing technical reports on complex malware findings.
• Experience contributing to or improving a malware analysis pipeline, tooling, or workflow.
• Comfortable collaborating with detection engineers, hunters, and intelligence analysts on cross-team technical problems.
• Familiarity with ics/ot protocols, threat groups, and the broader critical infrastructure threat landscape is a major plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess highly sophisticated threats targeting ICS and critical infrastructure.
• Develop innovative analysis methods and reverse engineer ICS malware, software, and firmware.
• Create Yara signatures and partner with detection engineers to develop detections.
• Write customer-facing technical reports and internal documentation translating findings.
• Refine malware analysis pipeline with new methods and procedures.
• Collaborate across teams with hunters, intelligence analysts, and engineers.
• Exercise independent judgment and advise on complex malware analysis questions.

Skills

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

Yara signatures

Threat intelligence

Technical reporting

Team collaboration

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

x64dbg

Job description

Dragos, Inc. seeks an Associate Principal Malware Analyst to lead deep-dive ICS malware analysis, develop detections, and produce actionable reports. Youll collaborate with detection engineers, hunters, and intelligence analysts to turn research into deployable defenses.

This remote-first role supports teams across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC, driving malware research that shapes industry defenses while advancing your expertise and impact.