Cybersecurity Researcher — Advanced Attack & Defense (Idaho)

Downtown Boulder Partnership; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 75,804 - 186,588; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) with employer contribution

Relocation package

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Diversity and inclusion program

Job summary

Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Cybersecurity Researcher to work in our Cyber Research & Development department. The role focuses on analysis, development, and assessment of secure computer systems and networks, with vulnerability assessment and advanced attack/defense techniques, reporting to the manager for Cyber Research & Development.

The position requires reverse engineering, malware analysis, and code development to automate security tasks, with a required US citizenship for the DOE

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data/Computer Science or closely related field.
• Level 2 requires 2 years of relevant experience with degree.
• Level 1 requires 8 years of relevant experience in place of degree.
• Experience in C programming with assembly, Zero Day exploits, and packet level programming.

Responsibilities

• Analyze (reverse engineer) anomalous/malicious software and hardware firmware/binaries.
• Determine mitigation techniques and work with others to provide assistance and technical solutions for defensive resolution.
• Determine and assist others in determining incident response actions and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Organize and help develop custom code used to analyze network traffic and proprietary protocols, develop attack and defense methodology and code on high-risk computer networks.
• Develop technical solutions for information operations and analysis related to national security topics intrusion analysis, malware, systems and vulnerabilities, network security, advanced analytic tools, and data visualization techniques.
• Work with peers, threat analysts, and senior engineers to identify security issues of existing control systems and platforms.
• Develop algorithms and methods for preventing cyber-attacks.
• Develop code used to find weaknesses in systems to verify and validate patch effectiveness.
• Conduct penetration testing and vulnerability assessments. Perform advanced analysis and reverse engineering of suspect source code, including compiled executables.
• Write scripts and develop software utilities to automate security analysis efforts. Working with senior program/technical staff plans, conducts assignments and review progress, and evaluates results.

Skills

C programming

Assembly language

Vulnerability assessment

Reverse engineering

Penetration testing

Incident response

Threat analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data/Computer Science or closely related field

Job description

Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Cybersecurity Researcher to work in our Cyber Research & Development department. The role focuses on analysis, development, and assessment of secure computer systems and networks, with vulnerability assessment and advanced attack/defense techniques, reporting to the manager for Cyber Research & Development.

The position requires reverse engineering, malware analysis, and code development to automate security tasks, with a required US citizenship for the DOE