sophos - Senior Threat Behavior Researcher

• Conduct in-depth behavioral analysis of Windows threats. • Develop Behavioral rules for various threat behaviors including hands-on keyboard attack, malware payloads, initial attack vectors and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). • Produce quality threat analysis reports for both internal and external audience. • Assist in sandbox improvements by analyzing malware that hinders the sandbox environment in running the threat, which deploys various anti-analysis techniques. • Develop Cleanup rules to remove artifacts that are left behind by the behavioral protection rules. • Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to improve behavioral protection capability based on the threat analysis. • Guide and train junior team members in assisting malware analysis, peer code review. • Assist in the development of tools wherever necessary to improve day-to-day task. • Strong knowledge of Windows Internals including Memory management, Processes, Threads. • Proficiency in both static and dynamic analysis of threats, using tools such as IDAPro, WinDbg. • Demonstrated programming experience. Preferred: Python, Lua. • Excellent communication skills with the ability to demonstrate complex technical problem to peer researchers as well as to product engineering team. • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think strategically and creatively. • Bachelor’s degree in computer software (Computer Security preferable) or equivalent experience. • Ready to Join Us?