Associate Vulnerability Researcher

Institute of Communication; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks an Associate Vulnerability Researcher to join their team in Solihull. The role involves conducting vulnerability research, understanding security issues, and applying expertise in cryptography and network protocols to enhance security practices. Candidates should have a keen interest in security technology and a desire to learn and develop their skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Interest in vulnerability research and security testing.
• Knowledge of data structures and distributed systems.
• Experience with embedded systems and operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct vulnerability research to identify security issues.
• Test and analyze software and hardware for vulnerabilities.
• Utilize exploitation toolsets for common software flaws.

Skills

Vulnerability research

Knowledge of cryptographic algorithms

Understanding of network protocols

Familiarity with white-hat exploitation tools

Reverse engineering

Education

No specific degree required

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We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where business possible. This will be dependent on the kind of role you do and part of the business you work in.

About The Candidate

• An interest and aptitude for vulnerability research (either from a professional background or by demonstrating an aptitude).
• A passion for understanding how things work, testing them, pushing them to their limits, and finding security issues in them.
• An appreciation of hardware and software development lifecycles and their impact on security practices.
• Knowledge of cryptographic algorithms (encryption, authentication, signatures, etc).
• Knowledge of data structures, distributed systems, virtualisation and containerisation technologies.
• An understanding of network protocols and how software works - either assembly or interpreted languages, or anything in between.
• Familiarity with or a strong demonstrable interest in vulnerabilities such as memory corruption bugs (stack/heap/integer overflows, format strings), and an interest in techniques attackers can use to bypass common security protections (e.g. NX, stack canaries, heap protection, ASLR, etc.)
• Knowledge and experience of embedded systems and operating systems, and hardware techniques for prototyping and debugging these.
• An appreciation of Linux OS internals. Ability to self-learn any language, given appropriate resources to study and practice.
• Practical knowledge of common white-hat exploitation toolsets and techniques for common flaws in low-level software, as well as web platforms (e.g. SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, SSRF, upload/download abuse, RCE).
• Reverse engineering experience (e.g. IDA Pro, Ghidra).
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer and Network Security

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