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Senior Reverse Engineering/Vulnerability Research Engineer

Senior Reverse Engineering/Vulnerability Research Engineer

Clarity Innovations, Inc.

Columbus, OH • On-site

$100K - $138K/yr

Full-time

Posted 17 days ago


Job description

Job Summary:
Clarity Innovations, Inc. is a trusted national security partner dedicated to safeguarding national interests and delivering innovative solutions for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. They are seeking a Senior Reverse Engineering/Vulnerability Research Engineer to perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering, communicate findings, and mentor fellow researchers.
Responsibilities:
• Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering for customer tasks
• Perform static and dynamic analysis by applying research tools such as disassemblers, debuggers, and fuzzers
• Perform exploit development leveraging discovered vulnerabilities
• Communicate security research findings internally and, when and where appropriate, externally
• Mentor fellow security researchers
Qualifications:
Required:
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position
• Experience participating in CTFs, hackathons, or other cyber competitions
• Experience with Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA or other reverse engineering/disassembler tools
• Experience working in Linux fundamentals (understanding sockets, file descriptors, networking, iptables, file systems, kernel, etc.)
• Ability to read and write C and assembly languages as needed (ARM, MIPS, x86_64)
• Programming fundamentals; particularly with networking, data structures, and data models
• Understanding of exploitation techniques such as leveraging arbitrary read-write primitives, shellcoding, and return-oriented programming / jump-oriented programming
Preferred:
• Currently possess a Top Secret security clearance
• OS and kernel reverse engineering
• Understanding of fuzzers such as AFL++ or libfuzzer
• Understanding of common exploit mitigation mechanisms such as SELinux, Seccomp, ASLR, and CFI.
• Strong understanding of dynamic analysis with gdb/gdbserver and similar tools
• Basic understanding of processor tool chains and the Android NDK
• Understanding of emulation using Qemu or Unicorn for running code in a non-native environment
• Experience identifying 0-days and vulnerabilities
Company:
We focus on the future: identifying and delivering solutions that transform the process and practice of teaching in a global society. Founded in 1996, the company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, US, , with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.