Senior Zero-Day Vulnerability Research Engineer

Nightwing Technologies, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 77,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Nightwing Technologies, LLC seeks a Vulnerability Researcher to identify 0-day vulnerabilities and analyze program behavior using advanced systems. You will develop, test, and debug security software and research new vulnerability techniques for cutting-edge cyber defenses.

The role requires TS/SCI with FSP Poly clearance and hands-on experience with fuzzers, code analysis tools, and reverse engineering. Join a mission-driven team delivering cyber and data operations expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in CS/CE/EE or related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years in a tech environment with vulnerability research experience.
• Experience with discovering/attributing 0-day CVEs.
• Experience with fuzzing tools and fuzzing workflows.
• Familiarity with code-analysis tools like CodeQL, Joern, Semgrep.
• Experience reversing malware or code for CNE purposes.

Responsibilities

• Use advanced systems to identify 0-day vulnerabilities and analyze program behavior.
• Develop, test, and debug software applications related to vulnerability research.
• Research data and propose new vulnerability techniques and ideas.
• Apply debugging, fuzzing, and reverse-engineering concepts to practical security problems.

Skills

Zero-day vulnerabilities

Vulnerability research

Fuzzing

Code analysis

Reverse engineering

C/C++

Python

GDB/WinDbg

Education

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

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Binary Ninja

GDB

WinDbg

VSCode

Visual Studio

VIM/Emacs

AFL

LibFuzzer

ClusterFuzz

oss-fuzz

CodeQL

Joern

Semgrep

Job description

Nightwing Technologies, LLC seeks a Vulnerability Researcher to identify 0-day vulnerabilities and analyze program behavior using advanced systems. You will develop, test, and debug security software and research new vulnerability techniques for cutting-edge cyber defenses.

The role requires TS/SCI with FSP Poly clearance and hands-on experience with fuzzers, code analysis tools, and reverse engineering. Join a mission-driven team delivering cyber and data operations expertise.