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Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
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Media Malware Analyst, Senior serves within the Intelligence Sector to support United States Cyber Command operations. The role involves identifying and analyzing sophisticated malware threats targeting the Department of Defense Information Network and associated networks. Key responsibilities include leading forensic analysis of compromised systems, performing static and dynamic malware analysis, reverse engineering, and extracting malicious files from digital media. You will also create technical reports with actionable intelligence, develop signature and heuristic indicators, and conduct log and system analysis for routers, Windows, and UNIX environments. Required skills include proficiency in IDA Pro, Ghidra, Wireshark, Volatility, and sandbox environments, alongside a deep understanding of network protocols and OS internals. The work focuses on identifying adversary TTPs, assessing risk postures, and providing threat intelligence to defend against evolving threats within the Cyberspace domain.
Malware Analysis
Reverse Engineering
IDA Pro
Ghidra
Wireshark
Volatility
Windows
Linux
UNIX
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Digital Forensics
Incident Response
Network Protocols
Power BI
Machine Learning
Data Science
OS Internals
Malware Reverse Engineering
Dynamic Analysis
Disassemblers
Debuggers
Virtual Machines
Hex Editors
Python
JavaScript
Windows API
Linux
Network Traffic Analysis
Wireshark
Fuzzing
Shellcode
C
C++
C#
Go
Rust