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Your Career: As a Principal Security Researcher (Antivirus Systems), we are looking for a motivated, intelligent, hardworking and creative individual to join our team that develops the content to power the Palo Alto Networks’ Next Generation Firewall. You will work with the best security team in the industry, who invented the well-known cloud-based security platform WildFire. You will be responsible for a highly automated, 24/7 anti-virus signature generation and delivery system. You will have a deep understanding of the signature generation logic as well as create new detection features.
Job Responsibility
Develop new features for the automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery system
Research and implement signature algorithms for new file formats
Identify limitations/issues in existing signature algorithms and improve them
Research on and publish about innovations & emerging security trends
Requirements
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent military experience required
6 to 8+ years of relevant experience preferred
Experience with Python/Golang programming language
Strong core Computer Engineering skills such as databases, operating systems, algorithms
Working knowledge and interest in learning common file formats (PE, Office, PDF etc)
Experience with malware analysis
Understanding of networking and core Internet protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP)
Experience with a data pipeline based system with several moving components in a distributed cloud environment
Experience with developing in a public cloud environment such as GCP, AWS
Troubleshooting and virtualization experience in Linux
Strong problem solving abilities
Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
Knowledge/experience with tools such as Docker, Elastic-Search, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MySQL, SQLite, Redis is a big plus
Experience in implementing security solutions using AI is preferred
Nice to have
Knowledge/experience with tools such as Docker, Elastic-Search, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MySQL, SQLite, Redis is a big plus
Experience in implementing security solutions using AI is preferred