Job Description

• Research latest evasion techniques used by malware to evade Sandbox technologies.
• Improve the efficacy of the Zscaler Cloud Sandbox by authoring behavior based rules.
• Identify emerging threats by leveraging Zscaler’s existing data mining tools as well as our cloud based infrastructure to protect our customers.
• Develop unique tools and utilize them to automate the process of identifying threats.
• Author technical blogs with detailed threat campaign analysis.
• Work with the Security Engineering team to incorporate new features into the Zscaler Cloud Sandbox.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Security Research experience
• Must have experience in the following areas: Malware Reversing, Reverse Engineering, Experience working on a sandbox product or behavior analysis rules
• Proven track record of innovative ideas and an ability to implement them
• Strong understanding of the HTTP protocol and web application security
• Strong scripting skills in Python

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or graduate degree from four-year college or university (preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline), or equivalent security industry work experience
• Strong writing skills and examples of past blogs, whitepapers, etc.
• Data mining experience with large security data sets such as IDS, IPS and firewall logs
• Experience writing IDS/IPS signatures

Skills

• Reverse Engineering
• Malware Analysis
• Behavior based Rules
• Sandbox
• Yara Rules for Generic Detection of Malware