Senior Vulnerability Researcher (RE/VR)

Job Description

A defense focused cybersecurity firm seeking skilled Vulnerability Researchers to support the analysis of malicious software and development of mission-critical cyber capabilities. This role involves designing, building, and deploying tools across areas such as command-and-control, persistence, and networking.

Location

• Hybrid in Northern Virginia, Washington DC, or Maryland

Required Skills:

- Active clearance or ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance

- Hands-on experience reverse engineering compiled programs (C/C++)

- Proficiency in common assembly languages (x86, x86-64, ARM)

- Strong scripting background (Python)

- Skilled with debuggers and decompilers (gdb, Binja, IDA Pro)

Preferred Skills: - Experience developing or bypassing mitigations (ASLR, DEP, N^X)

- Defeating anti-reverse engineering techniques (obfuscation)

- Knowledge of embedded platforms (FPGA, physical memory)

- Secure implementation of cryptographic primitives (AES-GCM, SHA256, ECDSA)

- Familiarity with program analysis methods (control flow, program slicing, taint tracing)

- Use of automated analysis techniques (fuzzing, emulation, sandboxing)

- Deep understanding of file systems and formats (ELF, PE, Mach-O)

- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

- Experience building proof-of-concept exploits

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