UPS

Senior Cyber Intelligence Analyst

UPS

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New Jersey • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

FirewallsLinuxOpen SourceTCP/IPUnix

About the role

  • Assesses, prioritizes and takes action on requests that improve existing Security Operation Center (SOC) tools and procedures
  • Partners with management to coordinate security incident response efforts to communicate information, drive resource actions and decisions, provide recommendations, and ensure resolution
  • Evaluates and analyzes complex malicious code through the use of tools including disassemblers, debuggers, hex editors, un-packers, virtual machines and network sniffers
  • Conducts reverse-engineering for known and suspected malware files
  • Investigates instances of malicious code to determine attack vector and payload, and to determine the extent of damage and data exfiltration
  • Performs research in the area of malicious software, vulnerabilities, and exploitation tactics, and recommend preventative or defensive actions
  • Produces reports detailing attributes and functionality of malware, and indicators that can be used for malware identification/detection, to include behavior, identified infrastructure used for command and control, and mitigation techniques
  • Analyses the relationship between a given sample of malware and other known samples/families of malware, and notable features that indicate the origin or sophistication of the malware and its authors

Requirements

  • 2-3 years' experience as Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst including Incident Response and Handling roles
  • Experience in Malware Reverse Engineering and Sandboxing
  • Experience with IBM QRadar
  • Significant experience with Linux, TCP/IP, UNIX, MS-Windows, IP Routing, Firewalls and IPS
  • Understanding of behavioral based threat models, including ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, etc.
  • Deep understanding of advanced cyber threats targeting enterprises, along with the tools, tactics, and procedures used by those threats
  • Demonstrated experience using Open Source (OllyDbg, Radare, GDB, etc.) malware analysis tools
  • Ability to analyze shellcode, and packed and obfuscated code, and their associated algorithms
  • Ability to develop network and host based signatures to identify specific malware. Recommend heuristic or anomaly based detection methods
  • Subject matter expertise in the detection, analysis and mitigation of malware
  • Experience with Information Security Research, Malware Reverse Engineering, Cyber Threat Analysis, Windows Operating System and Data Analysis
  • Knowledge of Research skills, Technical Writing, Information Security Research, Security Incident Response, Security Risk Assessment/Analysis
  • Bachelor's Degree or International equivalent - Preferred
Benefits
  • UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
  • Employer will sponsor visas for specific positions
  • UPS is an equal opportunity employer
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Hard Skills & Tools
Malware Reverse EngineeringIncident ResponseMalware AnalysisShellcode AnalysisNetwork Signature DevelopmentBehavioral Based Threat ModelsCyber Threat AnalysisData AnalysisTechnical WritingSecurity Risk Assessment
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem SolvingCommunicationCollaborationResearch Skills