Cyber Researcher

5 days ago

Reston, Virginia, United States The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

We are searching for a self-motivated Cyber Research and Development (R&D) Engineer to join our Cyberspace Operations Research Department of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. The Cyberspace Operations Research Department provides technical expertise in adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to support system evaluation and provide security hardening support to various sponsors.

You will:

  • Research cutting edge techniques and technologies for cyberspace operations
  • Leverage expertise in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and software development to address established needs and investigate solutions to emerging requirements
  • Apply software engineering best practices to create proof-of-concept tools and configure test environments to perform demonstrations to sponsors and partners
  • Assist the Cyberspace Operations Research Department Head in maintaining relationships with sponsors through on-site technical discussions, preparation and presentation of technical materials, and project-related correspondence
  • Provide process enhancement for technical functionality evaluation, vulnerability analyses, cyberspace operations engineering, and penetration testing projects
  • Apply project management principles and methods to the leadership of tasks or projects
  • Provide guidance to lower level Engineers to foster professional growth

Required skills/experience areas include:

  • Documented application of reverse engineering and vulnerability testing tools (e.g. Ghidra/IDA, Kali Linux, Angr/AFL++, QEMU/Unicorn, etc)
  • Reverse Engineering, Vulnerability Research, Malware Analysis, or CNO Tool Development
  • Computer Networking Fundamentals, Windows, and *NIX Operating Systems, X86(64) and ARM or MIPS architectures
  • Cyber Operations Architecture and Software Engineering Practices
  • Software programming, programming languages, and development environments (to include at a minimum C, Java, or Python)
  • Ability to express technical information clearly and concisely in documents and presentations for senior leaders to successfully comprehend and leverage for decision making
  • Active government security clearance at TS/SCI level with eligibility for special accesses

Preferred skills/experience areas include:

  • Experience in cybersecurity exploit development and test environment configuration
  • Cybersecurity threat modeling, threat emulation, and penetration testing
  • Experience with military cyberspace operations or computer network operations
  • Demonstrated history of successful project initiation efforts
  • Application of automation and autonomy (i.e. AI/ML) for cybersecurity testing workflows
  • Use of Agile software development methodology and tools
  • Experience working with Atlassian products (e.g., JIRA, Confluence)
  • Master's degree

Your work location will be project-dependent ability for on-site/work from home, based out of Reston, VA (preferred), Annapolis Junction, MD, or State College, PA.

This position will require periodic travel to remote locations in support of testing as part of a small team of researchers, engineers, and technologists.

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