Security Engineer, Mandiant, Reverse Engineering

8 Months ago • 5-5 Years • $161,000 PA - $239,000 PA

Cyber Security

Job Description

Mandiant, a Google Cloud company, seeks a Security Engineer specializing in reverse engineering. This role involves performing static and dynamic binary analysis across various platforms, creating technical malware reports for investigations and intelligence, developing software to extract malware configurations, and participating in R&D for malware automation and triage. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in security assessments, design reviews, threat modeling, security engineering, coding (in at least one general-purpose language), and reverse engineering, along with leadership experience in technical risk analysis. Responsibilities include contributing to intrusion investigations, alert triage, and intelligence reports, supporting various Google teams.

Good To Have:

5 years encryption experience

Must Have:

5+ years security assessment/design review experience
5+ years security engineering/protocol experience
5+ years coding experience
5+ years reverse engineering experience
Malware analysis (static & dynamic)
Technical report writing
Malware configuration extraction
Software development for automation

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Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
5 years of experience with reverse engineering.
1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Preferred qualifications:

5 years of experience with encryption.

About the job

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

You use your industry experience to own and drive the resolution of complex security incidents, policy questions and technical security issues.

Our mission at Google Cloud is to provide the most trusted reverse engineering capabilities. Binary analysis is our primary deliverable, providing pertinent and actionable details in a timely fashion. We also use and improve automated methodologies to scale our impact. Utilizing a variety of techniques and tool sets for both static and dynamic methodologies, our aim is to provide the information that organizations need for threat identification, location, and hunting purposes.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $161,000-$239,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Responsibilities

Perform static and dynamic binary analysis on a wide variety of platforms, architectures, and run-times.
Write technical malware reports to support intrusion investigations by Mandiant Consulting, alert triage by Managed Defense, intelligence reports by Google Threat Intelligence, and more.
Develop software to extract malware configurations from diverse malware families.
Participate in research and development tasks for existing research initiatives with minimal assistance from executive analysts.
Develop software in support of malware automation and triage.