Solution Consultant

Trellix; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; 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 is seeking an experienced Android Reverse Engineer to support its global Android Reverse Engineering program. You will analyze Android applications and SDKs to uncover security risks and inform mitigations, working remotely across the United States.

The role requires 3–5+ years in Android development or reverse engineering, hands-on use of Jadx, Ghidra, Frida, IDA Pro, and Burp, and collaboration with researchers to strengthen Trellix's security posture.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in Android development or reverse engineering.
• Hands-on analysis of malicious apps or SDKs.
• Experience with static and dynamic analysis techniques.
• Proficient with Jadx, Ghidra, Frida, IDA Pro, Burp.
• Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Flutter.
• Experience with ELF reverse engineering.
• Experience developing detection signatures (SQL, Yara, etc.).

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Android Development

Reverse Engineering

Pentesting

Application Security Assessments

CTF

Tools

Jadx

Ghidra

Frida

IDA Pro

Burp

Job description

Remote United States

Full time

JR0037935

Job Title:

Solution Consultant

About Trellix

Trellix is a global company redefining the future of cybersecurity. The company’s comprehensive, open, and native cybersecurity platform helps organizations confronted by today’s most advanced threats gain confidence in the protection and resilience of their operations. Trellix, along with an extensive partner ecosystem, accelerates technology innovation through artificial intelligence, automation, and analytics to empower over 50,000 business and government customers with responsibly architected security. 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. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement

We're serious about 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.