What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Vulnerability Researcher (RE/VR) position at Motion Recruitment?
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
Location
- Hybrid in Northern Virginia, Washington DC, or Maryland
- 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)
- 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
Salary : $190,000 - $250,000