Cybersecurity Researcher

9 hours ago


Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States Nightwing Full time

About Nightwing

Nightwing is a leading provider of technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers' most demanding challenges.

Our Mission

We bring disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Cybersecurity Researcher to join our team at Nightwing. As a Vulnerability Researcher, you will analyze systems to understand how they work and how they behave when they break.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and defeat new and advanced security techniques
  • Work in small teams with close coordination with customers
  • Write code and take systems apart to understand their behavior
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest security threats and technologies

Requirements

  • Experience with C or C++
  • 4+ years of professional experience
  • 3 or more of the desired skills below

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 TS/SCI Full Scope Poly clearance required.

Benefits

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $85,000 USD - $179,000 USD.



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