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More information is available at www.sophos.com Role Summary Malware Researcher? Red/Blue/Purple team member? We have a fantastic opportunity here at Sophos Labs for a Threat Researcher role to join our global team of Behavioral Protection engineers, to hunt, to research, and to add real-time protection for suspicious activity across our customer environments. Our team of skilled security experts combine their passion to detect & disrupt cyber-attacks with their capability to develop protection rules that can cut through the noise in modern computing environments to tease out attackers nefarious activities. You are intrinsically motivated to understand the core logic behind malware and hacking attacks, to find & predict new ways attackers will modify their techniques and take great satisfaction in developing robust protection logic that is immune to evasive actions. You will be responsible for writing behavioral protection rules that are able to block malicious activities across all types of TTP (even if a Mitre Technique doesnt exist yet). This is the foundation of Sophos next-gen approach. Above all - you enjoy thinking creatively; combining your deep technical knowledge, your tenacity for innovation, and your can-do attitude to solve complex and challenging problems on daily basis. Additionally, you will also be supporting our remediation effort to remove artifacts left behind, by writing cleanup rules, and supporting our Sandbox development, such as (but not limited to) creating signatures, identifying evasion techniques that prevent the sandbox from running the threat smoothly. What You Will Do Conduct in-depth behavioral analysis of Windows threats Develop Behavioral rules for various threat behaviors including hands-on keyboard attack, malware payloads, initial attack vectors and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs Produce quality threat analysis reports for both internal and external audience Assist in sandbox improvements by analyzing malware that hinders the sandbox environment in running the threat, which deploys various anti-analysis techniques Develop Cleanup rules to remove artifacts that are left behind by the behavioral protection rules. Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to improve behavioral protection capability based on the threat analysis Guide and train junior team members in assisting malware analysis, peer code review Assist in the development of tools wherever necessary to improve day-to-day task What You Will Bring Strong knowledge of Windows Internals including Memory management, Processes, Threads. Proficiency in both static and dynamic analysis of threats, using tools such as IDAPro, WinDbg Demonstrated programming experience. Preferred: Python, Lua. Excellent communication skills with the ability to demonstrate complex technical problem to peer researchers as well as to product engineering team Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think strategically and creatively Bachelors degree in computer software (Computer Security preferable) or equivalent experience Whats Great About Sophos? Our people are what makes Sophos special we demonstrate shared vision, talent, innovation, and creativity, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit. Employee-led diversity and inclusion groups that build community within Sophos and provide internal education and advocacy (eg. Sophos Women in Tech group to improve gender parity, encourage gender-balanced leadership, and support career progression at Sophos) Sophos Environment Network and employee challenges to contribute to sustainability and reduce our environmental footprint Annual commitment to charity and fundraising across our global sites and volunteer days for employees to give back to local communities Global trivia competitions to keep our minds sharp Global Mental Health days off work for all Sophos to help employees relax and recharge Monthly employee wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing Employee rewards and thanks, such as our free annual subscription to Calm Our Commitment To You Were proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and were committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants that can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. Data Protection If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. 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Job Title
Senior Threat Researcher