Malware Analyst III (MA3)

Company: Beyond SOF
Location: Linthicum Heights
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Malware Analyst III (MA3) Salary: Up to $217,500, depending on education and experience Security Requirements: TS/SCI with CI Poly (both active) Education: Minimum of bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related discipline. Certifications: None Required. Experience ( Ten years Required ): - Employs engineering techniques and processes to analyze software to identify vulnerabilities. - Re-creates programs to rebuild something like it, exploits its weaknesses, or strengthens its defenses. - Develops design specifications by inspection and analysis to offset various malware and to protect and defend USCYBERCOM infrastructure. - Develops, researches, and maintains proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and trends in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding, and encryption. - Conducts vulnerability assessments/penetration tests of information systems. - Ensures software standards are met; designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. - Performs in-depth detailed research of software and methodologies to build defensive and offensive technical capabilities for USCYBERCOM. - Possesses senior-level experience as a Malware Analyst with a background in cutting-edge cyberspace technologies. - Often and without source code or documentation, performs system analysis, reverse engineering, and static, dynamic, and best-practice malware analytics methodologies and analysis on Windows, Android, or UNIX-based platforms. - Coordinates effort to develop and analyze cyberspace operations, DCO, Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), and OCO solutions. - Creates malware detection topologies. - Possesses comprehensive knowledge of programming skills especially including C/C++ and Assembly language, Windows internal C/C++ and either UNIX/Linux or mobile (Android) platform, malware and things related to malware research and analysis, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, exploit development, and related disciplines.

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