Senior Security Researcher

Clarity Innovations; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Innovations is hiring for a Security Research role in the United States to perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering. Candidates must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance and possess a Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience. Required skills include knowledge of reverse engineering tools like Ghidra, Linux fundamentals, and strong programming abilities. The ideal candidate will work within a mature team and communicate findings effectively, contributing to critical national security missions.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
• Experience with reverse engineering tools and methodologies.
• Strong programming fundamentals, particularly with networking.

Responsibilities

• Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering for customer tasks.
• Perform static and dynamic analysis using disassemblers, debuggers, and fuzzers.
• Communicate security research findings internally and provide mentorship when necessary.

Skills

Vulnerability research

Reverse engineering

Static and dynamic analysis

Communication skills

Programming in C and assembly

Understanding of networking

Experience with reverse engineering tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related

Tools

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

IDA

Linux

gdb/gdbserver

Job description

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.

Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.

We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.

Role

As a member of the Security Research team, you will imagine weaknesses in multiple types of systems and then find, demonstrate/document, and exploit those weaknesses. You will join a team of mature and extremely competent Security Researchers to breakdown and fully understand how a host of different systems function. You will need to leverage extensive experience performing static and dynamic analysis and must be familiar with multiple classes of vulnerabilities. Additionally, you must be extremely comfortable communicating with team members, technical partners, and non-technical partners alike. The ideal candidate will be comfortable and confident operating at the early phases of a vulnerability research project and have the mettle to see the project through to multiple phases and iterations.

Responsibilities

• Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering for customer tasks
• Perform static and dynamic analysis by applying research tools such as disassemblers, debuggers, and fuzzers
• Communicate security research findings internally and, when and where appropriate provide mentorship for your fellow security researchers

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands‑on experience in a software engineer or similar full‑time position
• Experience with Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA or other reverse engineering/disassembler tools
• Experience working in Linux fundamentals (strong grasp of sockets, file descriptors, networking, iptables, file systems, kernel, etc.)
• Ability to read and write C and assembly languages as needed (ARM, MIPS, X86) without oversight or supervision
• Strong programming fundamentals; particularly with networking, data structures, and data models
• Strong knowledge of reverse engineering and vulnerability research
• Documented ability to develop exploits for common vulnerability classes

Preferred Experience

• Currently possess a Top Secret security clearance
• OS and kernel reverse engineering
• Understanding of fuzzers
• Strong understanding of dynamic analysis with gdb/gdbserver and similar tools
• Basic understanding of processor tool chains and how to set them up
• Understanding of emulation using Qemu for running binaries in a non-native environment
• Experience identifying 0-days and vulnerabilities

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.