Overview

Staffing Pros, a division of VETS Inc., is recruiting for a full-time Malware Analyst. This position supports multiple onsite locations. This role will be located in both Beltsville, MD AND Rosslyn, VA. 

The customer requirement requires every employee to be onsite for the first 90 days. After the 90 day period, a hybrid schedule may be offered. The selected candidate must be able to support a hybrid and flexible schedule, in the event of significant cyber incident a continuous on site presence will be required. 

If you have additional questions not answered by the information contained within this posting, please contact our team directly at StaffingPros@vets-inc.com.

Responsibilities

• Provide static and dynamic malware analysis support in a 24x7x365 environment. 
• Contribute to Shift Change Document. 
• Conduct advance analysis and recommend remediation steps for cybersecurity events and incidents. 
• Publish after-action reports, cyber defense techniques, guidance, and incident reports. 
• Respond to and assist with the resolution of any suspected or successful cybersecurity breach or violation. 
• Share knowledge and intelligence gained from cybersecurity events with stakeholders. 
• Assist with training junior level analysts. 
• Perform analysis of network and host logs. 
• Perform network searches, artifact collection and timeline analysis using a variety of EDR tools. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 9 years of relevant experience; another 4 years relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree. 
• An active Secret security clearance and be able to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance.
• Must be able to work a hybrid schedule. 
• Ability to resolve highly complex malware and intrusion issues using computer host analysis, forensics, and reverse engineering. 
• Ability to recommend sound counter measures to malware and other malicious type code and applications which exploit customer communication systems. 
• Has knowledge in development of policies and procedures to investigate malware incidents for the entire computer network. 
• Experience with Debuggers, Disassemblers, Unpacking Tools, and Binary analysis tools. 
• Experience with static and dynamic malware analysis tools and techniques. 
• Ability to identify remediation steps for cybersecurity events. 
• Experience with Splunk and EDR tools such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), Tanium. 
• Ability to analyze a variety of Operating System log types. 
• At least ONE of the following certifications:
• CASP CE; CCNA Cyber Ops; CCNA-Security; CCNP Security; CEH; CFR; CHFI; CISA; CISSP (or Associate); CISSP-ISSAP; CISSP-ISSEP; CySA ; GCED; GCFA; GCIH; SCYBER; Security CE 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of Security Operations Center processes and workings. 
• Basic knowledge of host and network forensic analysis. 
• Knowledge of IOCs and APT threat actors. 
• Experience with ServiceNow Ticketing Software.