Senior Vulnerability Researcher (RE/VR)

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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Salary : $190,000 - $250,000