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# Malware Analyst/Reverse Engineer

- **Company:** Set of X
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $150,000 - $180,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Macintosh Computers, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Linux, Fuzz Testing, Python (Programming Language), Windows API, Network Forensics, Program Analysis, Reverse Engineering, Wireshark, Virtual Machines, Scripting, Malware, Vulnerability Analysis, Golang
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9303109/malware-analystreverse-engineer

## About the Role

* Experience using industry standard static and dynamic analysis tools, including disassemblers, debuggers, virtual machines, and hex editors
 * Experience in a scripting language such as Python or JavaScript
 * Experience with development or reverse engineering of Windows API targets
 * Experience with vulnerability research and exploitation methodologies such as fuzzing, shellcode, and leveraging memory corruption vulnerabilities
 * Knowledge of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Mac, application behaviors, and network traffic analysis to identify malware exploits
 * Ability to analyze shellcode, packed or obfuscated code, and the associated algorithms, and capture and interpret traces using Wireshark
 * Ability to read C, C++, C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, or Rust

Desired Skills:

 * Ability to read C, C++, and Python
 * GREM Certification
 * OSED or OSEE Certification

Eduction/Experience:

 * Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in malware reverse engineering, Master's degree and 3+ years of experience in malware reverse engineering or 8+ years of experience in malware reverse engineering in lieu of a degree

Clearance:
TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required