The Role:
Halcyon’s goal is to deliver an anti-ransomware solution that breaks new ground as to what a security product can deliver. Aligned with this goal, Halcyon is looking for an experienced threat analyst to advance our detection and prevention capabilities by ensuring the widest detection while eliminating false positives. Individuals filling this role will ensure that Halcyon’s customers are protected from the latest threats without interfering with legitimate business function.
Responsibilities:
-
Monitor security events to detect and scrutinize potential security incidents. This process involves analyzing and correlating data from diverse sources to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies to identify malicious activity.
-
Analyze and triage events to determine the degree of compromise and take action to contain, mitigate, and eliminate threats.
-
Design, develop, and maintain bespoke tools to support triage and response activities. In the realm of threat research, these tools may comprise log parsers, alert correlation tools, incident tracking systems, and other utilities to bolster efficiency and effectiveness.
-
Conduct static and dynamic analyses of suspicious files and malware samples to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) and understand the nature of the threat.
-
Collaborate cross-functionally with Customer Success and Engineering to ensure efficient communication and coordination during security events, sharing knowledge to enhance future threat detection and response initiatives.
Skills and Qualifications:
-
Development in Yara, Python, and scripting languages such as Powershell, Batch Files, Shell Scripting
-
Ability to reverse engineer malware using static and dynamic analysis techniques using disassemblers, debuggers, and sandboxes.
-
Cyber Threat Research: Previous experience in working in the cyber threat research or investigation field.
-
Collaboration and Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills for effective cross-functional collaboration; ability to clearly convey technical information to non-technical team members.
