PALO ALTO NETWORKS is the fastest-growing company in Silicon Valley, and a four-time Gartner Group Magic Quadrant winner for innovation and the ability to execute. Palo Alto Networks has been named a “best place to work” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.   Our game-changing security platform brings together all key network security functions, including advanced threat protection, firewall, IDS/IPS, and URL filtering.  A fun and dynamic culture, we offer unprecedented career and financial growth potential, along with the chance to be part of the very important mission: to prevent cyber breaches and protect our digital way of life.

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’s 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 work on the projects related to sample analysis, including automatic malware detection system, application analysis system, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Work on developing systems & tools for large-scale, high performance infrastructure for sample analysis and malware detection.
• Research the latest malware, attacks, vulnerabilities on major platforms, e.g. Windows/Android/MacOS/Linux, and detail out the solutions.
• Collaborate with other team members to convert your research results & discoveries into products, such as WildFire and other Palo Alto Networks products, research papers, etc.

Qualifications:

• Deep understanding of operating system internals, system/application vulnerabilities, malware analysis.
• Experience with reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, JEB, etc.
• Knowledge and experience in malware (e.g. PE/APK) analysis and detection.
• Knowledge with object-oriented design, data structures, and experience with large-scale and high efficient software development is a plus.
• Passion for malware detection and sample analysis.
• Passion for developing and maintaining large-scale systems.
• Strong self-motivation and problem solving abilities.

EDUCATION:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

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