Sr Staff Security Researcher (Malware Research - Antivirus Systems)
Core
Develop automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery systems to power the Next Generation Firewall and WildFire platform.
Role type
Sr Staff Security Researcher (Malware Research)
Builds
Automated signature generation and delivery systems for cloud-based security platforms
Domain
Cybersecurity, Malware Analysis, Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Malware analysis, signature algorithm design, Python, Golang, distributed cloud systems, networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP), Linux virtualization, data pipeline architecture
Preferred skills
AI/ML implementation in security, experience with PE/Office/PDF file formats, containerization (Docker), message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), search engines (Elastic-Search), NoSQL/SQL databases
Technologies
Python, Golang, Docker, Elastic-Search, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, GCP, AWS
Responsibilities
Develop new features for automated anti-virus signature generation, research and implement signature algorithms for new file formats, identify and improve limitations in existing signature algorithms, research and publish on emerging security trends
Seniority
Sr Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact
