Forensics/Malware Senior Analyst

Title: Forensics/Malware Senior Analyst

Location: Ft. Huachuca, AZ

Clearance: Top Secret/SCI

Start: Based on Contract Award

Foxhole Technology is looking for a candidate with strong scripting abilities, experience with systems security administration, and network security technologies. The Forensics / Malware Senior Analyst will lead a team that will design, implement, automate, maintain, and optimize measures protecting systems, networks, and information.

Lead and examine malicious software using reverse engineering techniques to identify the nature of threats and perform analysis to understand adversarial capabilities and tactics.
• Develops procedures and scripts to identify, collect, transfer, and preserve evidence of unauthorized access to military and partner networks.
• Develops and maintains practices on obtaining forensic images of servers, workstations, laptops, flash devices, removable media, cell phones, RAID, and virtual systems.
• Oversees analysis of computer network intrusion events and malicious activity.
• Draft and review forensic and malware reports, briefings, and white papers.
• Analyze trends and statistics to provide proactive indications and warnings of malicious cyber activity and correlate attacks, exploits, and threat vectors.
• Develop mitigation techniques to deny further exploitation and provide recommendations for appropriate response and corrective actions to defend against threat activity.
• Shall work and interact with other DCO professionals internal and external to ARCYBER, with LE/CI Liaison Officers (LNOs), and intelligence professionals as a technical specialist to understand higher-level adversary capability.

Education / Certifications:

• IAT Level II Baseline Certification: CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP
• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree
• ITIL v4 Foundation certification desired upon hire, required within three months of hiring date

Experience:

• 5 years applicable experience working with various data (network and system) technologies, with a minimum of two of those years focused on information systems security, forensic and malware analysis. Exceptional knowledge and experience with commercial binary analysis tools, threat intelligence and visualization technologies, visualization of quantitative (numerical) or qualitative information.
• Excellent interpersonal, organization, writing, communicating, and briefing skills. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Must have a firm understanding of security enclave engineering.

Skills & Technology Used:

• IDA PRO Disassembler, Ollydbg, OpenText EnCase Forensic, BMC Remedy, Assembly, C, C++, Perl, Java, Python

As a government contractor, Foxhole Technology is subject to Executive Order 14042 - Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors. This requires that all employees supporting a government contract be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 unless the employee has an exemption based on disability or sincerely held religious belief. Foxhole Technology requires proof of your vaccination as a condition of employment.

Requirements of position: Think analytically, effective verbal and written communication skills, make decisions, observe/remember details, interpret data, concentrate on tasks, adjust to change, handle stress/emotions. Regular attendance, maintain work schedule, attend meetings, meet deadlines, keyboard/type, handle confidential information, use math/calculations, stay organized, operate office equipment, may direct others. Must be able to see, have eye/hand coordination, and lift up to 40 lbs. May be exposed to dust/dirt, humidity, and noise.

Foxhole Technology is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.