Associate Security Researcher

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA seeks engineers with strong fundamentals in networks, systems, and software for national security research. The team investigates, analyzes, and prototypes in the domains of digital forensics, incident response, and software development for government stakeholders.

Qualified candidates will reformulate open questions, craft concise prototypes, and present findings in reports and discussions.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD with relevant professional experience
• Willingness to travel up to 10%
• Background investigation and security clearance required

Skills

Internet protocols

Systems-level programming

Unix/Linux

Vulnerabilities mitigations

RF and SDR technologies

Education

BS in Computer Science or related quantitative discipline

MS in same with 1 year of experience

PhD in same

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

More Information

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