Duties and Responsibilities

Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering:
Perform in-depth static and dynamic analysis of complex malware samples to identify functionality, intent, and operational parameters.
Overcome anti-analysis capabilities of advanced malware.
Threat Actor Profiling & Attribution:
Keep updated with latest developments in cyber campaigns and cyber threat actors tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).
Research and develop novel techniques to track threat actors across high volume network telemetry.
Analyze data and logs to discover threat actor clusters.
Participate in threat analysis to correlate and attribute malware to threat actors.
LLM & AI-Driven Research Augmentation:
Develop and refine advanced prompt engineering frameworks and agentic workflows to parse mass telemetry, extract indicators of compromise (IoCs), and create effective detection rules.
Integrate and utilize LLMs to automate workflow, contextualize data, and accelerate execution.
Tools Development
Develop and support tools that aid malware analysis and threat actor attribution.

Requirements

Qualification: Bachelor degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Computer Engineering or equivalent
Professional Experience: 3–5 years of dedicated experience in malware analysis, reverse engineering, threat hunting, or cyber threat intelligence.
Reverse Engineering Tools: Mastery of industry-standard tools, including modern disassemblers and debuggers
Operating System Internals: Proficient understanding of Windows, Linux, or Android internals.
Threat Actor and Malware Knowledge:
Understanding of adversary motivations, capabilities, and TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures)
Experience with modern offensive techniques.
Knowledge of cutting-edge malware evasion techniques and communications behaviour.
Scripting & AI Integration:
Strong programming skills with the ability to develop tools that automate analysis.
Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and AI orchestration frameworks to build research automation tools.
Ability to document and report technical details/findings clearly and concisely

Threat Researcher