Senior Vulnerability Researcher & Reverse Engineer (TS/SCI)

Agile Defense, Inc.; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 155,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

short-term Disability

long-term Disability

Retirement

Learning and Development opportunities

other optional benefit elections

Job summary

Agile Defense, Inc. is seeking a Senior Vulnerability Researcher & Reverse Engineer to advance cyberspace capability development through in-depth vulnerability research and reverse engineering of software, firmware, and hardware.

You will identify exploitable weaknesses, prototype PoCs, and document methodologies for technical and operational audiences. The role requires TS/SCI with Poly, 10+ years of related experience (or 8+ with a Master’s), and hands-on use of IDA Pro, Ghidra, and debuggers,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of related professional experience; Master’s +8+ years.
• Proficiency with disassemblers/decompilers (IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja).
• Strong knowledge of x86/x64/ARM assembly and architectures.
• Experience with debuggers (WinDbg/GDB/LLDB) and dynamic analysis.
• Vulnerability discovery in C/C++/Rust applications and memory models.
• Familiarity with fuzzing frameworks and corpus management.
• Proficient in Python/Ruby for automation and analysis.
• Active TS/SCI with Poly.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical analysis of target platforms and discover zero-days via fuzzing and code review.
• Reverse engineer software, firmware, and hardware components with disassemblers and debuggers.
• Conduct vulnerability discovery through automated and manual analysis techniques.
• Prototype PoCs to validate findings and assess operational utility.
• Analyze architectures, protocols, and security mechanisms to identify attack surfaces.
• Document technical details, exploitation methods, and capability development ideas.
• Provide technical briefs to capability developers on weaknesses and paths to exploitation.
• Collaborate with development teams to translate research into tools.
• Stay aware of public vulnerabilities and adversary tradecraft relevant to targets.
• Apply offensive cyber domain expertise to deliver mission-critical solutions.
• Conduct limited TDY travel as needed.

Skills

Disassemblers

CPU architectures

Debuggers

C/C++/Rust

Fuzzing

Python scripting

Vulnerability research

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

WinDbg/GDB/LLDB

Job description

Agile Defense, Inc. is seeking a Senior Vulnerability Researcher & Reverse Engineer to advance cyberspace capability development through in-depth vulnerability research and reverse engineering of software, firmware, and hardware.

You will identify exploitable weaknesses, prototype PoCs, and document methodologies for technical and operational audiences. The role requires TS/SCI with Poly, 10+ years of related experience (or 8+ with a Master’s), and hands-on use of IDA Pro, Ghidra, and debuggers,