Senior Vulnerability Research Engineer – Zero-Day Focus

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO & Holidays

Additional insurances

Job summary

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC seeks a Principal Senior Vulnerability Research Engineer to lead vulnerability research and exploit technique development. You will analyze, design, and identify programmatic behaviors, and develop software to test and debug vulnerability concepts.

Expect hands-on work with tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, angr, and gdb on Windows and Linux platforms. TS/SCI CI Poly preferred with Maryland performance.

Qualifications

• Requires significant years of experience in software vulnerability research and analysis.
• Solid understanding of software development with framework knowledge in C/C++/Python.
• Experience with program analysis, reverse engineering, and debugging tools.

Responsibilities

• Use advanced systems to find zero-day vulnerabilities and analyze program behavior.
• Develop, test, and debug software applications for vulnerability techniques.
• Research data and provide new design ideas for exploitation approaches.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Program analysis

Reverse engineering

Debugging tools

Windows

Linux

Assembly

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree in CS or related field

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

angr

BAP

gdb

windbg

Job description

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC seeks a Principal Senior Vulnerability Research Engineer to lead vulnerability research and exploit technique development. You will analyze, design, and identify programmatic behaviors, and develop software to test and debug vulnerability concepts.

Expect hands-on work with tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, angr, and gdb on Windows and Linux platforms. TS/SCI CI Poly preferred with Maryland performance.