Vulnerability Researcher II — TS/SCI w/ Poly

BTS Software Solutions; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Company Paid Health Benefits

PTO

401K Matching

Job summary

BTS Software Solutions seeks a Vulnerability Researcher II in Annapolis Junction, MD, with an active TS/SCI w/ POLY, to join our team. You will lead vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and proof‑of‑concept exploit development, while documenting findings and presenting results to project teams.

Ideal candidates bring heavy experience in C/C++, assembly, and kernel/user-mode analysis, plus familiarity with industry tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra, and Binary Ninja.

Qualifications

• Meets all qualifications of a CNO Vulnerability Researcher/Analyst I, but has the following increased experience and skill levels.
• Minimum four (4) years of experience programming in Assembly, C, C#, C++, Perl, or Python for a production environment.
• Minimum of five (5) years contiguous experience in computer science, information systems, or network engineering; or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field plus a minimum of three (3) years contiguous experience.
• Minimum four (4) years of demonstrated experience in either hardware or software reverse engineering.

Responsibilities

• Actively debug software and troubleshoot issues with software crashes and programmatic flow.
• Ability to perform source code analysis in an effort to discover software flaws, and
• provide/author documentation on the impact and severity of the flaw
• Ability to develop proof-of-concept exploits against research targets, prototypes, and hands‑on demonstrations of vulnerability analysis results
• Provide/author and participate in technical presentations on assigned projects
• Lead reverse engineering and vulnerability research

Skills

Assembly

C

C#

C++

Perl

Python

Unix/Windows APIs

Virtual function tables (C++)

Heap allocation strategies

Large software projects

Kernel programming

Reverse engineering hardware/software

Embedded device analysis

Education

4+ years programming in Assembly/C/C#/C++/Perl/Python in production

5+ years CS/IS/Network Eng; or Bachelor's CS + 3 years

4+ years reverse engineering hardware or software

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

Job description

BTS Software Solutions seeks a Vulnerability Researcher II in Annapolis Junction, MD, with an active TS/SCI w/ POLY, to join our team. You will lead vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and proof‑of‑concept exploit development, while documenting findings and presenting results to project teams.

Ideal candidates bring heavy experience in C/C++, assembly, and kernel/user-mode analysis, plus familiarity with industry tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra, and Binary Ninja.