Reverse Engineer

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Halcyon

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Halcyon is focused on accelerating the impact-driven future of business through fellowships for early-stage social entrepreneurs. Since 2014, Halcyon has provided these entrepreneurs with space, community, and access, especially in the areas of Health, Climate, and EquityTech, aiming to drive equity and inclusivity in society. Halcyon's support includes business training, investment readiness, and leadership coaching, among other resources, to help scale ventures. The company is actively involved in investing in social enterprises, particularly those led by underrepresented demographics, without taking equity at the time of fellowship. Halcyon relies on and encourages community support to further its mission.

social enterprise • civic arts • changemakers • innovators • art

11 - 50 employees

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📋 Description

• Reverse engineer malware and suspicious binaries using both static and dynamic techniques to extract indicators of compromise (IOCs), identify evasion techniques, and map behavior to the ransomware attack chain. • Monitor and triage security events, identifying malicious activity through data correlation, pattern analysis, and contextual threat enrichment. • Develop and maintain internal tools and scripts to support threat hunting, triage, and automated analysis workflows (Python, C, C++, shell scripting). • Analyze and assess PE file structures, obfuscation methods, and payload delivery mechanisms to detect new or evolving threats. • Collaborate with engineering teams to translate research into detections and product enhancements, and work closely with Customer Success during incident response. • Contribute to threat intelligence efforts and share actionable findings internally to improve detection and prevention strategies.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience in reverse engineering malware using tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, x64dbg, WinDbg, or similar. • Deep understanding of Windows internals, PE file format, and ransomware attack chains. • Prior experience at an anti-virus (AV) or endpoint security company, or certification in reverse engineering (e.g., GREM, CREA, CRT, OSCE). • Proficient in one or more development/scripting languages: Python, C, C++. • Experience developing Yara rules and malware detection signatures. • Excellent communication skills and ability to clearly convey complex technical findings. • A passion for staying ahead of adversaries in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer