Cyber Forensics & Malware Analyst-reverse Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, VA, USA
Primary location base pyy range: $159,600 usd - $2...
Fully remote
Digital forensics and incident response
Malware analysis
Advanced threat hunting
Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations—so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust

Job Summary

  • Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations—so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust.
  • This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).
  • In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul.

Matching Summary

Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations—so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust.

Salary

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $159,600 USD - $239,400 USD; Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $144,400 USD - $258,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: May be eligible for Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • digital forensics and incident response
  • malware analysis
  • advanced threat hunting
  • Python, Go, or C/C++ automation
  • Static and Dynamic Analysis of malicious binaries
  • Forensic Suites and memory forensics tools

Nice-to-have

  • Intelligence Frameworks mapping
  • disassemblers and debuggers proficiency
  • reconstruct attack timelines
  • high-fidelity YARA, Snort, or Sigma rules
  • hunting in Splunk or ELK
  • automated malware analysis pipelines
  • explain business impact to non-technical stakeholders

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years of expertise in DFIR, malware analysis, or threat hunting
  • 5+ years of experience with Python, Go, or C/C++
  • Expertise in Static and Dynamic Analysis
  • Deep experience with Forensic Suites and memory forensics tools
  • Strong mastery of Intelligence Frameworks

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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