Senior Vulnerability Researcher - Zero-Day Expert

Archer; Virginia; On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401k

PTO

Job summary

Nightwing, based in Virginia, seeks a Vulnerability Researcher to advance zero-day discovery and vulnerability analysis. You will use advanced systems to identify programmatic behaviors, develop, test, and debug software, and research novel techniques for exploitation and defense.

The role requires TS/SCI with FSP Poly clearance, a BS in a technical field, 8+ years of experience, and hands-on fuzzing, code analysis, and reverse engineering experience. Competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field is required or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on technology experience in vulnerability research.
• Experience identifying, analyzing and exploiting 0-day CVEs or CVEs attributed to self.

Responsibilities

• Use advanced systems to find zero-day vulnerabilities and analyze programmatic behaviors.
• Develop, test, and debug software to support vulnerability techniques.
• Research data and propose new vulnerability techniques and designs.

Skills

8 years exp

0-day CVEs discovered

Vulnerability research

Fuzzers (AFL LibFuzzer ClusterFuzz oss

Code analysis tools (CodeQL Joern SemG

Reverse engineering (CNE)

Ghidra Ida Pro Binary Ninja

GDB WinDbg

C/C++ Python

VSCode VS Vim

ARM/MIPS Linux

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Binary Ninja

GDB

WinDbg

Job description

Nightwing, based in Virginia, seeks a Vulnerability Researcher to advance zero-day discovery and vulnerability analysis. You will use advanced systems to identify programmatic behaviors, develop, test, and debug software, and research novel techniques for exploitation and defense.

The role requires TS/SCI with FSP Poly clearance, a BS in a technical field, 8+ years of experience, and hands-on fuzzing, code analysis, and reverse engineering experience. Competitive compensation and benefits.