CNO Vulnerability Researcher

Responsibilities

• Support critical national security missions by identifying and analyzing software vulnerabilities, developing innovative solutions, and collaborating with a highly skilled cyber team to advance offensive and defensive capabilities.
• Researching and discovering software vulnerabilities across multiple platforms and environments.
• Reverse engineering software to identify security weaknesses and develop mechanism bypasses.
• Performing as a team lead on projects when appropriate, providing technical guidance and mentorship.
• Managing the design, development, documentation, testing, and debugging of user land and kernel software and systems.
• Researching and maintaining proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and emerging trends in computer network vulnerabilities, static and dynamic program analysis, network security, and encryption.
• Communicating project status, findings, and risk considerations with leadership and customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or High School Diploma and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in vulnerability research.
• Experience in reverse engineering and common security research tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Radare, Binary Ninja, SysInternals, GDB, WinDBG or similar.
• Experience in Python, C/C++, and Assembly (x86/x64) programming.
• Experience with CNO capability development.
• Experience with low-level internals in Windows and Linux.
• Experience with troubleshooting and debugging.

Qualifications

• Experience managing or leading teams.
• Experience developing fuzzers and static analysis tools.
• Experience with modern security system features.
• Experience using Atlassian products (JIRA, Confluence, Crucible).
• Experience applying Agile Scrum methodologies.
• Experience mentoring junior vulnerability researchers.

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Physical Requirements

Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.