Malware Research Architect

Position Overview

• Location Type: [Not specified]
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Job Title: Malware Research Architect

Description: NVIDIA is seeking an experienced Malware Research Architect to design and implement advanced malware detection systems using Virtual Machine Introspection (VMI) techniques. This role involves developing out-of-VM security solutions to detect and analyze sophisticated malware, rootkits, and other cyber threats by introspecting and reconstructing volatile memory states of guest operating systems and file system states.

Requirements

• Education: MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 5+ years of relevant experience in:
  • Memory forensics
  • Introspection
  • Operating Systems
  • File Systems
  • Common malware patterns and mitigation techniques
• Programming Skills: Strong programming and debugging fundamentals across languages such as Python and C/C++.
• Communication Skills: Strong communication skills and a genuine passion for teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Lead, research, design, develop, and implement solutions for next-generation secure networks.
• Develop novel introspection, memory forensics, and file system methods to extract critical security events towards threat detection.
• Collaborate with external and internal hardware and software research teams to apply extracted events for advanced malware detection.
• Architecturally model, validate, microarchitectural definition, and develop proof-of-concepts secure platforms.

Additional Information

• The company emphasizes a diverse and encouraging environment.
• The ideal candidate should have a strong interest in contributing to innovation in AI and computing.

Ways to Stand Out

• Demonstrated security research experience and publications in top security conferences.
• Experience with high-scale deployment challenges, networking, and machine learning.
• Architectural background in hardware and software systems codesign.