Established in 2008, Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) operates at the very heart of Kaspersky, uncovering APTs, cyber-espionage campaigns, major malware, ransomware, and underground cyber-criminal trends across the world. Today GReAT consists of 40+ experts working globally – in Europe, Russia, Americas, Asia, Middle East. Talented security professionals provide company leadership in anti-malware research and innovation, bringing unrivaled expertise, passion and curiosity to the discovery and analysis of cyberthreats.

Rights / Responsibilities:

- Monitor, analyze and understand malware trends at local, regional and global level

- Content creation: Analyze and describe ongoing APT and Crimeware campaigns worldwide

- Enhance the Threat Intelligence products developed by Kaspersky

- Present about IT security to wide audiences (cybersecurity community, customers, journalists, etc...)

- Give interviews about various cybersecurity trends and topics

- Suggest ideas to be implemented in company’s products

- Prototype development: imagine and develop prototypes or new technologies

- Take an active part in the formation of requirements for the internal infrastructure of Kaspersky

- Participate in the development of the unit's recommended practices and standards, assume responsibility for accomplishing group goals

- Ensure a proper level of information security, including any devices that are used to work with company's infrastructure

Specialist knowledge:

- Ability to analyze and understand malicious code (Windows PE, .Net, OLE2, JS, VBS, HTML, PDF, SWF, ELF)

- Good knowledge of Intel x86 assembler

- Ability to use IDA or Ghidra for reverse engineering

- Good knowledge of WinAPI

- Basic knowledge of Linux API / kernel / POSIX

- Excellent knowledge of Windows PE file format

- Good experience in using at least one of following programming languages: C/C++/C#/Java/Python/Go/Rust

- Knowledge of the operating principles of TCP/IP sockets

- Knowledge of the line of Kaspersky Lab products is a plus

- Good written and spoken technical English

- Technical article writing skills

- Understanding of modern Threat Landscape as well as Threat Intelligence industry