Senior Security Researcher

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is seeking highly skilled professionals for impactful national security research in digital forensics, incident response, and software development.

Qualified individuals will have deep systems knowledge, willingness to travel 10% and the ability to communicate findings through concise reports and presentations. Position includes full-time staff status and the expectation to obtain a DoD security clearance.

Qualifications

• BS in CS or related field with 10 years of relevant experience; MS with 8 years; PhD with 5 years.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and conferences (10%).
• Background investigation and ability to obtain DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop rigorous prototype implementations to address technical challenges.
• Present findings in discussions, presentations and formal reports.
• Analyze network traffic, exploit development, and software extraction techniques.

Skills

Internet protocols

Systems programming

UNIX/Linux

Vulnerabilities & mitigations

RF & SDR technologies

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field (10 years experience)

MS in same with 8 years experience

PhD in same with 5 years experience

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 ten (10) years of relevant professional experience, or MS in the same with eight (8) years of relevant professional experience, or PhD in the same with five (5) years of relevant professional experience.
• 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

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