Associate Security Researcher

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh seeks a software/engineering staff member focused on digital forensics, incident response, and research in national security to tackle complex technical challenges across protocols, systems, and hardware.

Applicants should reformulate open questions, devise creative solutions, deliver concise prototype implementations, and clearly articulate findings in discussions, presentations, and formal reports, with travel up to 10% and the ability to obtain a DoD

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or related quantitative discipline, with three (3) years of relevant professional experience, or MS in the same with one (1) year of relevant professional experience, or PhD in the same.
• Willingness to occasionally travel to customer sites, conferences, and offsite meetings (10%)
• You will be subject to a background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of War security clearance

Skills

Internet protocols

Systems programming

UNIX/Linux

Vulnerabilities & mitigations

RF & SDR

Education

BS in CS or related quantitative discipline

MS in CS

PhD in CS

Job description

Join a dynamic team of motivated individuals with deep collectiveexperience throughout digital forensics, incident response,investigation, operations, and academic research. We seekindividuals with strong interest in understanding and resolvingtechnical challenges in the national security space.

Our group focuses on applied research into the functionality ofemerging and already ubiquitous technologies at all constituentlogical layers, from component-level aspects through system andsoftware implementation to communication protocols. Concurrent withachieving this understanding, we examine the variation betweenexpected and actual functionality that results from real-worldimplementation. Finally, in support of stakeholders throughout theUS Government, we reason about and advise on the implications ofour findings.

Qualified individuals will have a strong aptitude to reformulateopen questions; devise creative solutions; deliver concise,rigorous prototype implementations; and clearly articulate thisprocess in discussions, presentations, and formal reports. Recentexamples of our work have included novel approaches to analyzingnetwork traffic, exploit development, and software implementationof novel file and format extraction techniques.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Deep technical knowledge of and experience with fundamentalInternet protocols and functionality
• Systems-level programming experience
• Strong experience with UNIX/Linux
• Familiarity with current hardware and software vulnerabilitiesand mitigations
• Experience with RF and SDR technologies

Requirements:

• BS degree in Computer Science or related quantitativediscipline, with three (3) years of relevant professionalexperience, or MS in the same with one (1) year of relevantprofessional experience, or PhD in the same.
• Willingness to occasionally travel to customer sites,conferences, and offsite meetings (10%)
• You will be subject to a background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of War securityclearance

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function

Software/Applications Development/Engineering

Position Type

Staff – Regular

Full time/Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary

More Information:

• Statement of Assurance

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.