Cyber Security Engineer (Red Team)

Description

Supports the United States Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Cyber Warfare Engineering Services. As a Red Team member, work independently to establish vulnerability research environments, assess the operational impact and understand the root-cause, and design proof-of-concept (PoC) mitigations.

Responsibilities

• Threat intelligence and research synthesis: Research open-source intelligence, web forums, and security advisories to track adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Develop and contribute to internal vulnerability databases to ensure threat signatures and severity metrics are accurate.
• Vulnerability discovery and analysis: Conduct static and dynamic analysis on applications and system components. Perform source code reviews to locate logical flaws, memory corruption vulnerabilities, and cryptographic weaknesses.
• Mitigation and remediation support: Use debugging, disassembling, and binary analysis tools to reverse-engineer compiled binaries. Develop functional, stable PoC exploits to validate the severity and reachability of discovered flaws.
• Triage crash reports generated by automated testing tools, determine if a vulnerability is exploitable or a denial-of-service (DoS) state.
• Collaborate with software developers and engineering teams to design and implement robust, long-term patches.
• Technical documentation and reporting: Prepare comprehensive, clear, and actionable technical reports detailing the vulnerability, root cause, impact, and reproduction steps. Translate complex binary and code-level findings into clear risk assessments for stakeholders and system administrators.
• Other duties consistent with the statement of work.

About the Role

This is an on-site position but may be eligible for compressed work schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering or related technical discipline
• 5-years of experience working in the area of cyber security vulnerability, or a master's degree and/or advanced certifications in lieu of 5-years of experience
• Qualified in at least one of the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) roles listed at https://www.cool.osd.mil/usn/cswf/indes.htm./?CWFModel
• Active Top Secret security clearance and SCI access

Qualifications

• Knowledge of adversarial threat tactics, techniques, and procedures
• Knowledge of naval aviation acquisition programs
• Knowledge/experience with aviation platforms
• Certified in Microsoft or Linux operation

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of/experience with aviation platforms
• Certified in Microsoft or Linux operation

Benefits

Scientific Research Corporation offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals with amounts increasing based on role and years of service, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more.

Pay

Estimated Starting Salary Range: USD $111,100.00/Yr. - USD $185,100.00/Yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Schedule

This is an on-site position but may be eligible for compressed work schedule.

Application Instructions

Filling this position is contingent upon funding.

Contact

To apply for this position, please contact jobs@scires.com for assistance.