Sr. Security Researcher

F5•Seattle, WA

1d•$133,600 - $200,400•Hybrid

About The Position

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive. F5, Inc. seeks Sr. Security Researcher in Seattle, WA.

Requirements

Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology or closely related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in job offered or two (2) years of experience in the field of software engineering, Program analysis or related occupation.
Python
Java
JavaScript
C
C++
C#
WAF (Web Application Firewall)
HTTP protocol
Any suitable combination of education, training and experience is acceptable.

Responsibilities

Research web frameworks and servers to identify and understand emerging threats.
Examine and replicate newly disclosed web application vulnerabilities.
Focus on WAF (Web Application Firewall) evasion techniques to preemptively bypass our defenses before hackers can.
Create innovative proof of concept solutions for advanced threats and continuously refining attack signatures, all in collaboration with development teams to enhance the WAF product using our research findings.
Gather web security intelligence from blogs, forums, conferences, and academic papers.
Build tools and infrastructure for analyzing attacks.
Compose and distribute insights through blogs, reports, and presenting at security conventions.
Periodically perform security efficacy assessments on a variety of products, including WAFs, API security solutions, application security scanners, and machine learning models, to verify and improve their defense capabilities.