Principal Security Researcher (Malware Research - Anti-Virus Systems)
Core
Develop automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery systems for Palo Alto Networks' Next Generation Firewall and WildFire platform.
Role type
Principal Security Researcher (Malware Research - Anti-Virus Systems)
Builds
Automated 24/7 anti-virus signature generation and delivery system, new security detection features
Domain
Cybersecurity, Malware Analysis, Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Reverse engineering, Malware analysis, Python, Golang, Algorithms, Operating systems, Networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP), Linux troubleshooting, Cloud development (AWS, GCP), Data pipelines
Preferred skills
File format analysis (PE, Office, PDF), AI/ML implementation, Containerization (Docker), Message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), Search engines (Elastic-Search), Databases (MySQL, SQLite, Redis)
Technologies
Python, Golang, Docker, Elastic-Search, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, AWS, GCP
Responsibilities
Develop new features for automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery system, Research and implement signature algorithms for new file formats, Research and develop novel security and malware detection features, Research on and publish about innovations & emerging security trends
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC
