Student Malware Analyst

Students/Part-time

Israel: Tel Aviv/ Hybrid (Israel)

Products - R&D | Part Time | Job Id: 21871 Now Available Students/Part-time

Why Join Us?

Check Point Research (CPR) is looking for a Threat Researcher to join the Threat Intelligence Analysis (TIA) team. The team is responsible for discovering, analyzing, and tracking advanced threat actors and campaigns, with a strong focus on high-end cybercrime and state-sponsored activities. You will join a team of motivated, independent, and highly technical individuals, contributing to efforts that protect Check Point customers and enhance the Check Point brand.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify, understand, and monitor advanced campaigns using publicly available sources as well as internal telemetry.
  • Analyze malware and other hacking tools utilized by threat actors in active campaigns and intrusions.
  • Create technical research content for public and private intelligence reports.
  • Help build protections and detections based on a deep understanding of advanced threat actors’ Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).
  • Collaborate with other security teams to assist with threat intelligence and research tasks.

 

Qualifications

  • Students from faculties: Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Information Systems/Communication Systems Engineering.
  • Students with a minimum remaining of 1.5 years as a student.
  • Availability to work 2-3 days a week  – must.
  • Relevant experience as a threat researcher, incident responder, malware analyst, detection engineer, or in other relevant roles.
  • Practical experience in tracking state-sponsored or advanced financially motivated actors – including malware, infrastructure, and TTPs.
  • Profound knowledge and understanding of malware and common attacking techniques.
  • Hands-on experience in automating and optimizing hunting and enrichment processes using code (preferably Python).
  • Familiarity with query languages and data exploration tools.
  • Ability to translate technical findings into actionable detection and prevention signatures.
  • Experience in writing technical blog posts and technical analysis reports.
  • Experience in public speaking and presenting research at cybersecurity conferences.
  • Fluent English.

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