Security Researcher: Network Forensics & SDR Innovation

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh seeks researchers to advance national security space through deep technical work on internet protocols, UNIX/Linux systems, software vulnerabilities, and RF/SDR technologies. Qualified candidates reformulate open questions, craft concise prototypes, and clearly present results in discussions, presentations, and formal reports.

Travel to customer sites and conferences is expected (up to 10%), and a DoD security clearance

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD with corresponding years of relevant experience.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites, conferences, and offsite meetings (10%).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Reformulate open questions; devise creative solutions; deliver concise prototype implementations.
• Communicate process clearly in discussions, presentations, and formal reports.
• Analyze network traffic, exploit development, and software implementation of novel file/format extraction techniques.

Skills

Internet protocols

UNIX/Linux

Vulnerabilities & mitigations

RF & SDR technologies

Education

BS in Computer Science or related quantitative discipline (8 years)

MS in the same with 5 years

PhD in the same with 2 years

Job description

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh seeks researchers to advance national security space through deep technical work on internet protocols, UNIX/Linux systems, software vulnerabilities, and RF/SDR technologies. Qualified candidates reformulate open questions, craft concise prototypes, and clearly present results in discussions, presentations, and formal reports.

Travel to customer sites and conferences is expected (up to 10%), and a DoD security clearance