Router Exploitation & Security Research Engineer

Zealot Labs, Inc.

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 100,000 - 195,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Zealot Labs, Inc. is recruiting for a security researcher to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in enterprise routers and network appliances. You will reverse engineer RouterOS and FortiOS, develop exploit chains, and build tooling to enable automated vulnerability discovery at scale.

Based in New York, NY and on-site, the role offers a compensation range of 100k–195k plus equity. You will join a small, ownership-driven startup backed by premier investors and work with a team of experts to

Qualifications

Experience in researching and exploiting vulnerabilities in enterprise routers and network appliances.
Strong reverse engineering of RouterOS, FortiOS, and network OSes.
Deep understanding of networking protocols and routing (BGP/OSPF/IPsec).
Experience with exploit chain development and automated tooling.

Responsibilities

Research and exploit vulnerabilities in enterprise routers and network appliances from MikroTik, Fortinet, and similar vendors.
Reverse engineer RouterOS, FortiOS, and proprietary network operating systems.
Develop exploit chains targeting management interfaces, routing protocols, and VPN implementations.
Build automated tooling for router firmware analysis and vulnerability discovery at scale.
Demonstrate deep experience with MikroTik RouterOS and/or Fortinet FortiOS internals.
Show strong reverse engineering skills targeting network appliance firmware.
Leverage understanding of networking (BGP, OSPF, IPsec, SSL-VPN) to identify weaknesses.