Peraton is seeking Reverse Engineer, SME to support an Intel Community (IC) mission in Ft. Meade/Annapolis Junction, MD area. The Reverse Engineer will perform technical analysis of malicious binaries through controlled execution or static analysis of assembly code, overcoming techniques designed to defeat analysis, in order to ascertain functionality, capability, call-backs, assist with attribution to adversary infrastructure, and identification of indicators of compromise.

Responsibilites may include:

• Provide information and documentation that enables malware detection, signature creation, and mitigation.
• Use expertise in malware reverse engineering and analysis to evaluate and analyze complex malicious code through the use of tools, including dissemblers, debuggers, hex editors, un-packers, virtual machines, and network sniffers.
• Conduct reverse-engineering for known and suspected malware files.
• Investigate instances of malicious code to determine attack vector and payload, and to determine the extent of damage and data exfiltration.
• Provide detailed reports of any findings.
• Perform research in the area of malicious software, vulnerabilities, and exploitation tactics.
• Identify vulnerabilities in binaries, identifies and analyzes shell-code, and recommend preventative or defensive actions.
• Reverse-engineer malware and incorporate analysis results into detailed reporting to include behavior, identified infrastructure used for command and control, and mitigation techniques.
• Develop network and host based signatures to identify specific malware.
• Recommend heuristic or anomaly based detection methods.
• Compare malware to existing malware signatures.

Basic Qualifications: 

• an Associate’s degree with 13 years of relevant experience OR a Bachelor’s Degree with 11 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 9 years of relevant experience OR a Doctoral degree with 7 years of relevant experience
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Relevant experience must be in malware reverse engineering.
• Active TS SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required

Desired Qualifications:

• CISSP, GIAC GREM or CREA Certification is strongly desired.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

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