Description
Job Description:
The ever-evolving Cyber landscape requires the development of innovative technical solutions to support operational cyber missions through research, engineering, and development.
The Cyber SIGINT and Solutions Operation at Leidos is seeking a motivated individual to work in a dynamic environment with a team of Cyber Engineers in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, prototyping, design, software development, integration, and test tasks to develop capabilities against various networking technologies. This work will provide the opportunity to expand your cyber skills while leveraging your ability to analyze, disassemble, and reverse engineer a variety of hardware and software while focusing on networking protocols, communications devices, and emerging technologies.
The Vulnerability Research Engineer will work with a dynamic team of cyber researchers and engineers on various vulnerability research tasks working through all stages of the product lifecycle – from vulnerability research to reverse engineering, software development, and testing.
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This position is eligible for an increased sign on bonus of $20, 000.
Basic Qualifications:
•US Citizen with TS/SCI CI Polygraph Clearance
•Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, information systems or applicable engineering field and minimum five (5) years of experience in computer science, information systems, or network engineering.
•Minimum five (5) years of experience programming in Assembly, C, C++, Java, Perl, and/or Python
•Demonstrated experience with scripting and programming languages
•Experience using commercial off the shelf (COTS), and free open source (FOS) debugging and reverse engineering and debugging tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Windbg, Radare2, Binary Ninja, Immunity Debugger/Ollydbg, gdb, lldb, or others
•Protocol analysis experience with demonstrated understanding of knowledge of TCP/IP and other networking protocols
Preferred Qualifications:
•Experience performing open source research and vulnerability analysis
•Experience identifying software vulnerabilities and developing code to demonstrate exploitation
•Experience analyzing, disassembling, and reverse engineering software binaries and/or hardware
•Experience performing in-depth analysis (dynamic/static) on diverse set of based platforms
•Experience using tools to extract and analyze firmware or software
•Demonstrated experience with programming cyber tools and techniques
•Experience analyzing firmware of embedded devices
•Ability to analyze network traffic for vulnerabilities
•Developing for real time operating systems (RTOS) and interesting embedded systems.
•Demonstrated experience with programming cyber tools and techniques
•Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver technical findings, briefings, technical presentations, and program documentation to others
External Referral Eligible
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Covid Guidance
In order to enter Leidos facilities in the U.S. and to attend Leidos events outside our facilities, employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or maintain proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 96 hours of entry. In addition, we are receiving guidance from certain customers that onsite contractor personnel will need to be fully vaccinated to access customer facilities. If you are not vaccinated, please consider getting your COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact your Talent Acquisition POC.
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $13.7 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.
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Commitment to Diversity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
