Job Title: Lead, Security Research Engineer
Job Code: 19668
Job Location: Washington, DC
Job Description:
- Finding vulnerabilities in ubiquitous Internet-deployed software and/or popular devices’ software or firmware.
- Constructing exploits for vulnerabilities discovered by you or other research staff
- Research & development on security technologies in such fields as exploitation, bug-finding, reverse engineering and static analysis
- Working with and for officers, employees or contractors of the company
- Regular interaction with managers to field queries and questions
- Take an active role in cross-team projects when needed.
Qualifications:
- . Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience performing vulnerability research and/or exploit development.
- Experience with static and dynamic binary analysis.
- Experience with iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, or embedded systems kernel, user land, and internals or browser internals.
- Experience with common tools in security research (e.g. IdaPro, Ghidra, Radare, Binary Ninja, AFL, SysInternals, GDB, WinDBG, etc).
- Experience with common programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Python, Swift, etc).
- Experience with common architectures (e.g. x86/64, ARM, AARCH64, MIPS, PowerPC, TILEGX, etc).
- Experience with modern security system features, exploit mitigations, and evasion techniques (e.g. defeating ASLR, DEP, Control Flow Guard, ROP, Security Product/AV Evasion, etc).
- Experience with a wide-range of modern exploitation concepts and techniques
- Service in the US/CA/UK/AU/NZ Intelligence Community or US/CA/UK/AU/NZ Military working in cyber operations.
- Evidence of a successful track record in vulnerability research through CVEs.
- Experience teaching and mentoring junior vulnerability researchers.
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Washington DC is $132,000 - $245,000.This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
