Vulnerability Researcher-Mid

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States

Department: Cybersecurity

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Job Description: 

We are seeking a Vulnerability Researcher to advance mission-critical cyber capabilities by uncovering vulnerabilities, analyzing complex systems, and developing innovative solutions that address our customers' most demanding technical challenges. In this role, you will provide engineering and vulnerability research results related to software applications and operating systems to determine functionality, code structure, and system design. The ideal candidate for this role will know how to perform software reverse engineering and have strong proficiency in low-level programming languages. Please consider applying if you meet the following qualifications.

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
• A Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science or related field and at least three (3) years of contiguous experience in computer science, information systems, or network engineering. Also acceptable is no degree and at least five (5) years of contiguous experience.
• At least four (4) years of experience programming in Assembly, C, C#, C++, Perl, or Python. 
• At least four (4) years of demonstrated experience in either hardware or software reverse engineering. 
• Demonstrable experience actively debugging software and troubleshooting issues with software crashes and programmatic flow.
• Experience providing written reports, proof-of-concept code, prototypes, and hands-on demonstrations of reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis results. 
• Experience participating in technical presentations on assigned projects.