Senior Malware Analyst & Reverse Engineering

Parsons; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 88,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Malware Analyst at multiple levels to join their Federal Solutions team in the United States. The role entails malware analysis, reverse engineering, artifact extraction, and reporting to support cyber investigations.

Requirements include an active Secret clearance (Top Secret with SCI eligibility preferred), a relevant Bachelor's degree (or 4 years equivalent experience), and hands-on experience with IDA Pro, Ghidra, or similar tools. Competitive salary and benefits apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Digital Forensics, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Criminal Justice, or a related field; four years of hands-on digital-forensics, malware-analysis, or reverse-engineering experience may substitute for the degree.
• Proven experience performing software reverse engineering using IDA Pro, Ghidra, or equivalent tools.
• Hands-on digital-forensics, malware-analysis, and reverse-engineering experience appropriate to the assigned level.
• Experience performing static and dynamic malware analysis and interpreting malicious binary behavior.
• Ability to identify indicators of compromise, adversary behaviors, persistence mechanisms, lateral movement, command-and-control activity, privilege escalation, and credential abuse.

Responsibilities

• Perform static and dynamic analysis of malware and potentially malicious files.
• Conduct software reverse engineering of malicious binaries to determine behavior, extract indicators of compromise, and identify potential attribution.
• Develop or maintain scripts and analytical utilities for malware triage, artifact extraction, timeline development, and repetitive examination tasks.
• Identify indicators of compromise, persistence mechanisms, lateral movement, command-and-control activity, privilege escalation, credential abuse, and other adversary behaviors.
• Maintain accurate chain-of-custody documentation and ensure evidence is handled, stored, transferred, and disposed of in accordance with laboratory procedures and security requirements.
• Prepare complete, technically accurate malware analysis reports.
• Validate malware-analysis tools, document validation results, verify tool outputs, and develop or maintain approved scripts using version-control practices.
• Participate in technical peer reviews of forensic reports and incorporate review comments.
• Support expert-witness preparation, affidavits, warrants, mock depositions, moot court sessions, and testimony when designated and qualified.
• Support quality-assurance activities, including SOP implementation, audit readiness, competency testing, and accreditation-related documentation.
• Support metrics collection and analysis involving case volume, backlog, throughput, cycle time, timeliness, workload, rework, error rates, and quality indicators.
• Provide technical input to training, mentorship, process-improvement, and lessons-learned activities.

Skills

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

Digital forensics

Technical reporting

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

4 years hands-on experience substituted for degree

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

Debuggers

Sandbox environments

Job description

Parsons is seeking a Malware Analyst at multiple levels to join their Federal Solutions team in the United States. The role entails malware analysis, reverse engineering, artifact extraction, and reporting to support cyber investigations.

Requirements include an active Secret clearance (Top Secret with SCI eligibility preferred), a relevant Bachelor's degree (or 4 years equivalent experience), and hands-on experience with IDA Pro, Ghidra, or similar tools. Competitive salary and benefits apply.