Mobile Reverse Engineer

Peraton•Bethesda, MD

6d•$112,000 - $179,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Mobile Reverse Engineer in our Bethesda, MD office in support of our Department of Defense (DoD) customer as part of a highly talented, highly motivated, and high-performing team. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of cyber investigations, digital forensics, cyber threat analysis, and mission support in a dynamic and collaborative environment. The successful candidate will contribute to protecting national security interests by leveraging technical expertise, analytical skills, and innovative problem-solving to address complex cyber challenges. Individuals who are passionate about cybersecurity, committed to excellence, and eager to make a meaningful impact are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

Proven ability to build, maintain, and leverage collaborative relationships with stakeholders across different government agencies, serving as an effective technical liaison.
Experience establishing and managing formal partnerships between government entities (e.g., via Memoranda of Understanding or Inter-Agency Agreements) to achieve shared mission objectives.
Exceptional communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to present complex technical information clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences, including non-technical decision-makers.
Skilled in facilitating inter-agency working groups and building consensus among partners who may have differing priorities or organizational cultures.
Strategic and proactive mindset with the ability to identify and develop new opportunities for cross-agency collaboration that advance the organization's mission.
A strong sense of mission ownership and personal accountability, focused on elevating the team's role from a participant to a key contributor within the working group.
Experience with Windows, Linux, Android, OS X, and iOS operating system & architecture.
Experience in computer or cell phone architecture, system internals, operating systems, and/or boot process software engineering.
Experience with static analysis tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra and Binary Ninja.
Experience with debugging tools such as WinDbg.
Experience with virtualization, sandboxing, and emulation tools like VMware, KVM, QEMU and others.
Working knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, .NET, Python, Java, etc.
Active TS/SCI with Poly eligibility.
Bachelor's degree and 5+ years experience or Master's degree and 3+ years experience.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in one of these fields of study is highly desired: Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Mathematics, or Software Engineering.
Relevant work experience should be within the past five years.
In lieu of a degree, an additional 4 years of relevant experience or specialized training may be considered.

Nice To Haves

Experience requiring a deep knowledge of Android and a strong passion in mobile industry and mobile development.
Experience developing/designing mobile phone platforms highly desired.
Experience in wireless API's (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) preferred.
Engineer software scripts in C, C++, and Java with emphasis on prototyping and API extraction.
DoD 8570 Compliant, active IAT Level II certification.
Additional active certifications: CFR, RCCE Level 1, CySA+, GCFA, GCFE.

Responsibilities

Mobile Software Reverse Engineering (with support to development and malware analysis efforts).
Conduct software exploitation against applications, middleware, operating systems (OS) user interface, OS drivers/runtimes, firmware and other binary data.
Provide malicious code reverse engineering to isolate, review, analyze, and reverse-engineer potentially malicious programs recovered from compromised computer systems and networks.
Research new trends, techniques, and packaging of malicious software to stay current and ready to identify and handle zero-day exploits.
Research behavior of binaries and share detailed understanding of how apps behave at memory/register level in support of technical exploitation operations.
Support efforts to design, prototype, document, test, conduct exploitation automation and transition code analysis methods and tools specific to technical exploitation operations.
Debug mobile applications' memory and performance issues.