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Palo Alto Networks · 3 days ago

Sr Staff Security Researcher (Malware Research - Antivirus Systems)

Santa Clara, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$144K/yr - $233K/yr

4+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop new features for the automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery system

Research and implement signature algorithms for new file formats

Identify limitations/issues in existing signature algorithms and improve them

Research on and publish about innovations & emerging security trends

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Python/GolangComputer EngineeringDatabasesOperating SystemsAlgorithmsFile FormatsMalware AnalysisInternet ProtocolsData PipelineCloud EnvironmentGCPAWSTroubleshootingVirtualizationLinuxProblem SolvingInterpersonal SkillsDockerElastic-SearchKafkaRabbitMQMySQLSQLiteRedisSecurity Solutions

Required

BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent military experience required

4+ years of relevant experience preferred

Experience with Python/Golang programming language

Strong core Computer Engineering skills such as databases, operating systems, algorithms

Working knowledge and interest in learning common file formats (PE, Office, PDF etc)

Experience with malware analysis

Understanding of networking and core Internet protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP)

Experience with a data pipeline based environment with several moving components in a distributed cloud environment

Experience with developing in a public cloud environment such as GCP, AWS

Troubleshooting and virtualization experience in Linux

Strong problem solving abilities

Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills

Preferred

Knowledge/experience with tools such as Docker, Elastic-Search, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MySQL, SQLite, Redis is a big plus

Experience in implementing security solutions is highly desirable

Company

Palo Alto Networks

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Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.

Founded in 2005

Santa Clara, California, USA

10,001+ employees

http://www.paloaltonetworks.com

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