Senior Operational Cyber Vulnerability Researcher

Anson McCade; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 67,500 - 82,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Anson McCade in Gloucester seeks an experienced Operational Cyber Vulnerability Researcher to join a highly skilled team. The role focuses on deep technical research, vulnerability discovery, and exploitation, with an onsite requirement in Gloucester.

You will conduct advanced vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development, creating bespoke tooling and collaborating across cyber specialists to push the boundaries of security research.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in high assurance development, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development.
• Hands-on cyber security researcher with a passion for technical problems and discovery.
• Experience with industry-standard tooling for analysis and exploitation (IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja).

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced vulnerability research across platforms, OSes, and technologies.
• Perform reverse engineering of software, firmware, and embedded systems.
• Research and analyse threats, exploits, and attack techniques.
• Develop proof-of-concept exploits and support exploitation activities.
• Create bespoke tooling to support research and operational objectives.
• Collaborate with cyber specialists to solve complex challenges.
• Stay at the forefront of new vulnerabilities and attack methodologies.

Skills

Vulnerability research

Reverse engineering

Exploit development

Low-level programming

OS internals

Network protocols

Application security

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

Debuggers

Emulators

Analysis frameworks

Job description

Anson McCade in Gloucester seeks an experienced Operational Cyber Vulnerability Researcher to join a highly skilled team. The role focuses on deep technical research, vulnerability discovery, and exploitation, with an onsite requirement in Gloucester.

You will conduct advanced vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development, creating bespoke tooling and collaborating across cyber specialists to push the boundaries of security research.