CheckPoint Security Researcher anywhere Europe 

Switzerland 

608835179

Check Point Research is expanding and establishing a new international force of talented Researcher. We are looking for an experienced Reverse Engineer to investigate top-tier intrusions and nation-state attacks. Check Point research, or simply CP, is Check Point Software Technologies’ cyber security research unit. Analyzing the threat landscape and responding to new threats are our responsibilities. The work of our researchers is constantly presented at international conferences and covered by major media outlets globally. Threat research is an exciting area for us, and we give the CPmembers the freedom and means to practice it.

Why it may be interesting to you:

• Research the most interesting malware samples in the world, including Advanced Persistent Threats
• Learn how malicious Underground Market operates: from exploitation to worldwide infections
• Develop your investigation skills
• Have an opportunity to interact with the most renowned people in the cyber security industry
• Opportunity to present your work at the top conferences

Terms and bonuses:

• Work in a large international IT company, full-time (flexible)
• Business trips (basically to Israel)

• Reverse engineer malware, exploits, shellcodes and write meaningful reports

• Develop tools for automatic research lab

• Propose improvements to existing Check Point products, based on gathered knowledge

• Research the most interesting attacks in the world, including Advanced Persistent Threats

• Learn how malicious Underground Market operates: from exploitation to worldwide infections

• Develop your investigation skills

• Have an opportunity to interact with the most renowned people in cyber security industry

Requirements:

• Reverse engineering skills
• Deep assembler (mostly x86) knowledge
• Experience in debugging (X86/64, WinDbg) and disassembling (IDA Pro)
• Network (deep TCP/IP understanding, usage of Wireshark)
• Knowledge of how cryptography works: PKI, SSL, RSA, RC4, Blowfish, SHA, MD5, etc.
• Operating systems – Windows: Native, Win32 APIs, kernel and drivers - how stuff works.
• Experience with *nix systems
• Development skills (Python, C/C++)
• Good English knowledge

Advantages:

• Forensics skills, cloud-focused skills
• Malware - detection, analysis, removal, evasions, deobfuscation, etc.
• Classic security knowledge: how attacks are performed, DDoS, exploits, buffer overflows, shellcodes, ROP, etc.
• “Out of the box” thinking
• Ability to learn new stuff quickly.