Remote Senior Vulnerability Research Lead

Dragos, Inc.; Lennox Park (MD); On-site; USD 145,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Equity Package

Comprehensive Benefits Plan

Job summary

Dragos, Inc. is seeking a Principal Vulnerability Analyst to autonomously identify research targets, perform deep vulnerability analysis, coordinate disclosures, and author reports that shape industry understanding of threats.

You will collaborate with threat intelligence, product engineering, and incident response teams to amplify real-world impact while mentoring others and driving automation across the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing, deploying, or evaluating proof‑of‑concept code related to vulnerabilities.
• Expertise in embedded/binary reverse engineering for Windows or embedded apps.
• Strong understanding of binary network protocols and OT impact.
• 3+ years writing customer-facing technical material.

Responsibilities

• Identify novel vulnerabilities in industrial products and control systems and assess IT/OT impact.
• Coordinate responsible disclosure with vendors and author technical reports for internal/external use.
• Develop detection signatures and collaborate with engineering to close gaps in detection.
• Support threat intel and incident response teams with vulnerability trends and findings.
• Contribute to vulnerability research roadmaps and partner with customers on projects.
• Mentor researchers and testers, and share Dragos expertise publicly.

Skills

Vulnerability analysis

Reverse engineering

Networking concepts

Technical writing

Python

C#

Tools

Suricata

YARA

Internal analytics

Binary analysis tooling

Job description

Dragos, Inc. is seeking a Principal Vulnerability Analyst to autonomously identify research targets, perform deep vulnerability analysis, coordinate disclosures, and author reports that shape industry understanding of threats.

You will collaborate with threat intelligence, product engineering, and incident response teams to amplify real-world impact while mentoring others and driving automation across the team.