Principal Reverse Engineering/Vulnerability Research Engineer

Herndon, VA, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 hour ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • IC
  • Internal Communications
  • Integrated Circuit
  • DoD
  • Data Engineering
  • Workflow
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • DevSecOps
  • FOCUS
  • Clarity
  • Innovation
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Dynamic Testing
  • Research
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Security Analysis
  • Mentorship
  • Project Lifecycle Management

Summary

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation's interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.

Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.

We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.

Position Summary

As a member of the Security Research team, you will imagine weaknesses in multiple types of systems and then find, demonstrate/document, and exploit those weaknesses. You will be joining a team of mature and extremely competent Security Researchers to breakdown and fully understand how a host of different systems function. You will need to leverage extensive experience performing static and dynamic analysis and must be familiar with multiple classes of vulnerabilities. Additionally, you must be extremely comfortable communicating with team members, technical partners, and non-technical partners alike. The ideal candidate will be comfortable and confident operating at the early phases of a vulnerability research project and have the mettle to see the project through to multiple phases and iterations.

Role Expectations
  • Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering for customer tasks
  • Perform advanced static and dynamic analysis using disassemblers, debuggers, emulators, tracers, and fuzzers
  • Develop reliable proof-of-concept and operational exploit capabilities leveraging discovered vulnerabilities
  • Research and bypass modern exploit mitigations security mechanisms
  • Build internal tooling, automation, and research infrastructure to accelerate vulnerability discovery and analysis
  • Perform root-cause analysis on vulnerabilities and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Communicate security research findings internally and, when and where appropriate, externally Mentor fellow security researchers
  • Lead small to medium sized teams of Security Researchers for full project lifecycle to include: project design, kickoff, execution and delivery

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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  • Dice Id: 90988749
  • Position Id: 4587e233eb52020e0e699640b41cc0e4
  • Posted 1 day ago
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