Senior Vulnerability Researcher & Reverse Engineer

Parsons • West Melbourne, FL

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About The Position

Parsons is looking for an talented Senior Vulnerability Researcher/Reverse Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to research hardware and software systems to find and exploit unique vulnerabilities (Zero Days).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of relevant work experience; additional 2 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
• Reverse engineering across various architectures and platforms; including x86/64, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, etc.
• Experience with disassemblers (IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra), common exploitation countermeasures (DEP, ASLR, etc.), & countermeasure defeats (ROP programming)
• Experience researching operating system and applications to understand strengths and weaknesses in the design and implementation
• Modeling of in-memory compiled application behavior
• Ability to use a scripting language (Python, etc.)
• Software development using C or C++
• An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with modern and cutting edge exploitation techniques, tools, and methodologies
• Experience with hypervisors
• Malware analysis
• Ability to analyze network protocols throughout all layers of the network stack
• Software development for embedded/IOT systems

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineering systems and software executables using tools like Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or IDA Pro
• Identifying potential software weaknesses/vulnerabilities
• Proving vulnerabilities are exploitable by writing Proof of Concept (POC) exploits
• Collaborating with and mentoring other VR/RE engineers working on the same target
• Documenting RE/VR efforts in reports and other collaboration tools like Gitlab, Ghidra databases, or Confluence
• Presenting findings to government customers and internal stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees