DarkTower, a division of Queen Associates, disrupts crime through cyber intelligence. We work with clients including financial institutions, social media platforms, and large online retailers to provide relevant, actionable open-source intelligence gathered from social media and both clear and dark web sources to help our clients understand, evaluate, and reduce risks. This position is 100% in the office.

Malware Analyst

DarkTower, a division of Queen Associates, disrupts crime through cyber intelligence. We work with clients including financial institutions, social media platforms, and large online retailers to

•  provide relevant, actionable open-source intelligence gathered from social media and both clear and dark web sources to help our clients understand, evaluate, and reduce risks; 

• inform and educate our clients on current & evolving cyber risks and other online schemes;

• identify the most prolific  adversaries targeting our clients’ brands, customers, and data;

• assist our clients in identifying and removing harmful content from their platforms;

• analyze malware families;

• provide cyber investigations for phishing and malicious domains;

• leverage our capabilities to develop unique intelligence and analysis tools and techniques;

• train and develop the next generation of intelligence analysts; and

• partner with clients and law enforcement in prosecution.

Responsibilities:

Each Intelligence Analyst works as part of a DarkTower Intelligence Cell and is responsible for providing open source cyber intelligence to our clients, based on collection topics and strategies determined to be most relevant to their brand.  

You will demonstrate your research, analytical and communication skills by effectively identifying potential threats, determining levels of risk, and producing actionable intelligence reports for a variety of audiences.

Your professional presentation skills are leveraged by the review/presentation of information in front of team members and company leadership. The ability to translate technical indicators into layperson’s terms is vital.

Outstanding problem-solving skills are essential. When serious threats are identified, you will work closely with other areas of the intelligence team to identify appropriate solutions. You must be passionate about technology, passionate about identifying threats, and able to learn the ropes of new investigative techniques and technical solutions rapidly.

Our student Malware Analyst position emphasizes a strong familiarity with Assembler and Network protocols.   Candidates will work in the following areas so previous experience in the following, including classroom or hobbyist experience, will help the application:

•       Reverse Engineering frameworks (IDA Pro, Ghidra, etc) and debuggers (OllyDbg, gdb, etc)

•       Reconstruct unknown file formats and data structures

•       Reconstruct unknown TCP/IP protocols

•       Understand unpacking, deobfuscation, and anti-debugging techniques

•       Python or other scripting languages 

• Commitment to work twenty hours a week, on average

• Completion of at least one year of college or attainment of comparable credit hours

• At least one year of experience or education as an Intelligence Analyst

• Malware and Threat Detection interest

• Reverse engineering interest

• Programming experience required

• Strong knowledge of C/C++, Windows API, and Windows OS internals

• Ability to write technical reports

• Proven analytical and report writing skills

• Outstanding problem-solving skills

• Comfortable speaking technically with analysts and strategically with senior executives

• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills

• Able to manage competing priorities and work efficiently under pressure

• Inquisitive, high energy, and persistent

• Strong initiative to stay abreast of changing industry trends

• Comfort with new technology is a must

• Multiple spoken/written languages are a plus

• Computer Science, Information Systems, and Electrical Engineering field of study preferred

To apply for this position, please provide your resume, most recent transcript, and an Application for Employment found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FQy2eWeHGbnRRW3f8CnQbZKjNRRCFh5d/view?usp=sharing

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Queen Associates values our diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to equity and inclusiveness.  We build teams that represent varied backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills because we know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.