Cybersecurity Vulnerability Researcher

Firesoft People is seeking a highly skilled Cybersecurity Vulnerability Researcher to join our team in Canberra/Sydney. This is a hybrid opportunity with a salary of $200,000 - $250,000+ per year.

We are looking for an experienced researcher who can devise and implement sophisticated commercial cyber toolkits, reverse engineering, bug detection, and cracking exploits in devices/operating systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• AU Citizenship and ability to obtain Security Clearance
• Finding vulnerabilities in ubiquitous Internet-deployed software and/or popular devices' software or firmware
• Constructing exploits for vulnerabilities discovered by the company
• Research and development on security technologies in fields such as exploitation, bug-finding, reverse engineering, and static analysis

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and bug-hunting
• Experience with static and dynamic binary analysis
• Experience with iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, or embedded systems kernel, user land, and internals or browser internals
• Proficiency with common tools in security research (e.g. IdaPro, Ghidra, Radars, Binary Ninja, AFL, SysInternals, GDB, WinDBG)
• Proficiency with common programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Python, Swift)
• Proficiency with common architectures (e.g. x86/64, ARM, AARCH64, MIPS, PowerPC, TILEGX)
• Deep understanding of modern security system features, exploit mitigations, and evasion techniques
• Experience with a wide-range of modern exploitation concepts and techniques
• Self-directed and self-motivated with ability to work with minimal supervision

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related subject
• Service in the Intelligence Community or Military working in cyber operations
• Experience with Computer Network Operations / Computer Network Exploitation
• Cryptographic experience (e.g. side-channel attacks, implementing AES)