Offensive Threat Researcher
Core
Develop tailored offensive cyber security solutions, tools, and exploit development for DoD and IC directives.
Role type
Senior IC offensive threat researcher and vulnerability engineer
Builds
Custom cyber operations tooling, exploit frameworks, and forensic analysis systems
Domain
National security / Cybersecurity / Reverse engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Vulnerability assessment, exploit development, reverse engineering, forensic analysis, program analysis, binary analysis, OS internals knowledge, C/C++/Python/Java programming
Preferred skills
Static and dynamic analysis, obfuscation techniques, threat research, technical proposal authoring, R&D leadership
Technologies
Ghidra, IDA, GDB, RR, FTK Imager, X-Ways, Autopsy, Volatility, Bash, Powershell
Responsibilities
Assess hardware and software for security vulnerabilities, develop software meeting security requirements, create tools to detect and exploit vulnerabilities, document application functionality, define analysis approaches and execute assignments, contribute to technical reports and presentations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with R&D leadership potential