Associate Security Researcher

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA seeks a software professional to advance national security initiatives through rigorous prototype implementations and applied research. You will analyze network traffic, study vulnerabilities, and contribute to software tooling and investigations as part of a collaborative team.

The role requires a BS with 3 years, MS with 1 year, or PhD in CS or related field, and the ability to obtain DoD-level clearance.

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 travel to customer sites, conferences, and offsite meetings (10%).
• Background investigation and ability to obtain and maintain a Department of War security clearance.

Skills

Internet protocols

Systems-level programming

UNIX/Linux

Vulnerabilities & mitigations

RF & SDR technologies

Education

BS in CS or related quantitative discipline

MS or PhD preferred

Job description

Join a dynamic team of motivated individuals with deep collective experience throughout digital forensics, incident response, investigation, operations, and academic research. We seek individuals with strong interest in understanding and resolving technical challenges in the national security space.

Our group focuses on applied research into the functionality of emerging and already ubiquitous technologies at all constituent logical layers, from component-level aspects through system and software implementation to communication protocols. Concurrent with achieving this understanding, we examine the variation between expected and actual functionality that results from real-world implementation. Finally, in support of stakeholders throughout the US Government, we reason about and advise on the implications of our findings.

Qualified individuals will have a strong aptitude to reformulate open questions; devise creative solutions; deliver concise, rigorous prototype implementations; and clearly articulate this process in discussions, presentations, and formal reports. Recent examples of our work have included novel approaches to analyzing network traffic, exploit development, and software implementation of novel file and format extraction techniques.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

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

Requirements:

• 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

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function

Software/Applications Development/Engineering

Position Type

Staff – Regular

Full time/Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary

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