Access Security Engineer: Vulnerability Research

The Decipher Bureau; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Decipher Bureau is seeking an Access Security Engineer focused on vulnerability research and software engineering across Android/Linux platforms. You will transform security research and PoC techniques into robust, ship-ready capabilities, contributing to national security outcomes.

We value deep knowledge of vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development, with strong software engineering in C/C++/Java/Kotlin and familiarity with tools like Ghidra, IDA, Frida, and ADB.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering skills, ideally C/C++, Java or Kotlin.
• Deep Android and/or Linux knowledge.
• Vulnerability research, reverse engineering or exploit development experience.
• Exposure to Ghidra, IDA, Frida, ADB or similar tooling.
• Understanding of OS internals, memory management and platform security.
• Ideally Defence, intelligence or national security experience.

Responsibilities

• Depending on your strengths, you could lean towards finding and developing new access vectors or productising vulnerability research into operational capabilities.
• This is an opportunity to work on security problems and technology you simply won't encounter in most commercial cyber roles.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Kotlin

Android

Linux

Vulnerability research

Reverse engineering

Exploit development

Ghidra

IDA

Frida

ADB

OS internals

Memory management

Platform security

Defence/National security

Tools

Ghidra

IDA

Frida

ADB

Job description

The Decipher Bureau is seeking an Access Security Engineer focused on vulnerability research and software engineering across Android/Linux platforms. You will transform security research and PoC techniques into robust, ship-ready capabilities, contributing to national security outcomes.

We value deep knowledge of vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development, with strong software engineering in C/C++/Java/Kotlin and familiarity with tools like Ghidra, IDA, Frida, and ADB.