Malware Analyst
- Analyzing malicious files and creating generic protections for Check Point products.
- Lead releasing high quality daily protections for our customers and constantly monitoring detections.
- Lead our response to high profile attacks, understand them and guide the creation of relevant protections.
- Lead our automation efforts and reduce manual protection work.
- Monitoring our wide sensors information and find leads for interesting cases of targeted attacks & campaigns.
- Running deep investigation in Check Point products and lead enhancements in security & UX.
- Publish marketing and technical blogs for interesting findings by the team.
- Present your work in different forums including stakeholders, strategic customers and security conferences.
- Automate daily processes in order to increase the team’s efficiency.
- At least 2-3 years of Hands-on experience in reverse engineering (static/dynamic malware analysis)
- Strong understanding of Linux internals
- Practical knowledge in writing detection rules (static/behavioural).
- Proficiency in coding and scripting - Python is required.
- Broad knowledge of in-the-wild attacks, malware families, and current security trends.
- Proven experience in analyzing cyberattacks end-to-end.
- Ability to translate findings into actionable detection signatures and protection logic.
- Familiarity with common hacking tools and attacker techniques.
- Knowledge of advanced threat-hunting methodologies.
- Solid understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP(S), DNS, SMB, FTP).
- Experience writing technical blogs, reports, and analysis papers.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).