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Vulnerability Researcher

Raytheon

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Job Overview:

Date Posted:

2021-12-22-08:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

TX466: 5300 Wurzbach Road, SanAntonio 5300 Wurzbach Road Suite 600, San Antonio, TX, 78238 USA

Position Description:
Vulnerability Researchers at Raytheon CODEX analyze systems to understand how they work and how they behave when they break. Candidates must be able to play both sides of the fence, both developing and defeating new and advanced security techniques. Projects are undertaken in small teams with close coordination with customers. All our engineers write code, but many of our engineers spend as much time taking systems apart as building new ones. A typical day can involve studying disassembly or writing Python to audit a piece of C++ code.

Required Skills:

  • 0-2+ years of professional experience

  • Experience with C or C++

  • 3 or more of the following desired skills

    Desired Skills:

  • Understanding of OS Internals (any major OS)

  • Experience with Vulnerability Research

  • Experience reading or writing assembly (x86, x64, ARM, PPC, MIPS, SPARC, 68k, or others)

  • Experience developing embedded systems

  • Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP stacks, wire-level protocols, RF communications, BGP, routing protocols, or others).

  • Understanding of exploit mitigations such as DEP and ASLR

  • Experience using reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, HexRays, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or objdump.

  • Experience using debuggers such as gdb, WinDbg, OllyDbg

  • Experience with BDI/JTAG

  • Experience with modern C++ development, such as RAII, C++11 and C++14.

  • Experience building and using tools to find, exploit, and productize vulnerabilities in complex software systems

    Security Clearance:
    Qualified applicants may be subject to a security investigation and must meet minimum qualifications for access to classified information. U.S. Citizenship is required. An active Secret clearance desired. Qualified applicants must meet the requirements to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
    Education required:
    BS/MS in technical discipline or Equivalent work experience will be considered.

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