Vulnerability & Exploitation Specialist
Core
Discovering 0-day vulnerabilities, CVEs, and reverse engineering malware for national security purposes.
Role type
Senior IC vulnerability researcher and exploit developer
Builds
Production-grade vulnerability disclosures and exploit tools for defense customers
Domain
Cybersecurity / National Security / Malware Analysis
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | research | client delivery
Required skills
0-day vulnerability discovery, CVE attribution, fuzzing (AFL, LibFuzzer, ClusterFuzz, oss-fuzz), code analysis (CodeQL, Joern, Semgrep), reverse engineering malware, exploit development, reverse engineering (Ghidra, Ida Pro, Binary Ninja), debugging (GDB, WinDbg), C/C++ development, Python scripting, ARM/MIPS architecture knowledge, Linux variants
Preferred skills
Experience with VSCode, Visual Studio, VIM/Emacs
Responsibilities
Discover and attribute 0-day vulnerabilities and CVEs, perform vulnerability research, write and use fuzzers, analyze code using static analysis tools, reverse engineer malware and code, develop exploits for vulnerabilities, write C/C++ and Python tools
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC