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The Senior Security Researcher joins a team of experts in digital forensics, incident response, investigation, operations, and academic research. This role involves conducting applied research into the functionality of emerging and ubiquitous technologies across logical layers, including component-level aspects, system and software implementations, and communication protocols. The researcher will examine variations between expected and actual functionality in real-world implementations and advise stakeholders on the implications of these findings. Daily tasks include developing creative solutions, delivering rigorous prototype implementations, and analyzing network traffic, exploit development, and file extraction techniques. Required skills include deep knowledge of Internet protocols, systems-level programming, UNIX/Linux experience, and familiarity with hardware and software vulnerabilities. Candidates must also possess experience with RF and SDR technologies to solve technical challenges in the national security space.
Incident Response
Digital Forensics
Security Monitoring
SIEM
Endpoint Detection and Response
Vulnerability Management
Penetration Testing
Python
PowerShell
Go
Ruby
Perl
Java
C
C++
Linux
Windows
macOS
TCP/IP
Virtualization
E-Discovery
Public Key Infrastructure
Certificate Authority
Log Analysis
Threat Hunting
Malware Analysis
Vulnerability Research
Offensive Security
Exploit Development
Reverse Engineering
Software Development Lifecycle
Threat Analysis
Anomaly Detection
Open Source
Cybersecurity
Automated Exploit Generation
Security Research
AI Security
Machine Learning
Cybersecurity
Python
C/C++
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Numpy
ART
Ghidra
IDA Pro
Reverse Engineering
Vulnerability Research
Data Sets
Low-level Programming
Generative AI
Adversarial Machine Learning
Red Teaming
Penetration Testing
Python
C#
C/C++
PowerShell
Kali Linux
Burpsuite
Nmap
Nessus
Vulnerability Research
Threat Analysis
Anomaly Detection