Software Reverse Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

Software Reverse Engineer The Opportunity: As a Software Reverse Engineer, you know that embedded and application developers, reverse engineers, and vulnerability analysts all play key roles in the development of new capabilities to exploit and understand emerging electronic threats. We’re looking for someone like you to flex your problem-solving prowess in a rapidly evolving systems security research and development environment in support of law enforcement investigations. As a Software Reverse Engineer on our team, you’ll support full project lifecycles and manage reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis on a range of software problems on devices that threaten the safety of both the warfighter and law enforcement personnel. At Booz Allen, you’ll use your engineering skills to support a broad range of partners in law enforcement. Our team performs a wide range of technical examinations required to successfully exploit both commercial and custom electronic devices, including performing electronic data recovery and digital forensic examinations to identify and understand information of interest related to real-world investigations. This is a chance to use your skills while gaining experience in this high-impact, high-visibility role. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

Experience with static reverse engineering of software binaries, including Ghidra or IDA Pro
Experience with Python, C, or C++ programming languages
Experience imaging, extracting, and parsing data from electronic devices
Knowledge of computer architecture, including x86, ARM, MIPS, Power PC, or x86-64
Ability to prepare written documents, including reports, test plans, design specifications, requirements documents, and training materials
Ability to brief and present findings to clients, customers, and external partners, interact with client engineers, and respond to technical questions and requests from customers
Top Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with modern software exploitation techniques, secure boot process, and bootloader design implementation for iOS or Android platforms
Experience testing electronic or electrical devices with standard lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, power supplies, RF signal generators, waveform generators, audio analyzers, DSP analyzers, and multimeters
Experience performing analysis, generating schematics, and troubleshooting electronic or electrical devices to the component level in various conditions
Experience with Chain of Custody and evidence handling procedures in a forensic laboratory
Knowledge of electronic circuit design and PCB layout
Ability to travel internationally up to 10% of the time

Responsibilities

support full project lifecycles
manage reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis on a range of software problems on devices that threaten the safety of both the warfighter and law enforcement personnel
perform a wide range of technical examinations required to successfully exploit both commercial and custom electronic devices, including performing electronic data recovery and digital forensic examinations to identify and understand information of interest related to real-world investigations