Chameleon Consulting Group
Principal Security Researcher
Chameleon Consulting Group, Herndon, Virginia, United States, 22070
Company Overview
CCG is a technology company focused on equipping customers with the capabilities and support to conduct intelligent and successful cyber operations. We do this by finding the most talented engineers and operators in the country, give them some of the most challenging problems facing the US government, and help them unleash their creativity and problem-solving skills. Excellence is our standard and mission success is our metric.
Role
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.
Responsibilities
Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering for customer tasks
Perform static and dynamic analysis applying research tools such as disassemblers, debuggers, and fuzzers
Be able to communicate security research findings internally and, when and where it is appropriate, externally
Mentor fellow security researchers
Minimum Qualifications
Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position
Experience with Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA or other reverse engineering/disassembler tools
Experience working in Linux fundamentals (strong grasp of sockets, file descriptors, networking, iptables, file systems, kernel, etc.)
Ability to read and write C and assembly languages as needed (ARM, MIPS, X86) with some oversight or supervision
Strong programming fundamentals; particularly with networking, data structures, and data models
Preferred Experience
Currently possess a Top Secret security clearance
OS and kernel reverse engineering
Understanding of fuzzers
Strong understanding of dynamic analysis with gdb/gdbserver and similar tools
Basic understanding of processor tool chains and how to set them up
Understanding of emulation using Qemu for running binaries in a non-native environment
Experience identifying 0-days and vulnerabilities
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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CCG is a technology company focused on equipping customers with the capabilities and support to conduct intelligent and successful cyber operations. We do this by finding the most talented engineers and operators in the country, give them some of the most challenging problems facing the US government, and help them unleash their creativity and problem-solving skills. Excellence is our standard and mission success is our metric.
Role
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.
Responsibilities
Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering for customer tasks
Perform static and dynamic analysis applying research tools such as disassemblers, debuggers, and fuzzers
Be able to communicate security research findings internally and, when and where it is appropriate, externally
Mentor fellow security researchers
Minimum Qualifications
Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position
Experience with Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA or other reverse engineering/disassembler tools
Experience working in Linux fundamentals (strong grasp of sockets, file descriptors, networking, iptables, file systems, kernel, etc.)
Ability to read and write C and assembly languages as needed (ARM, MIPS, X86) with some oversight or supervision
Strong programming fundamentals; particularly with networking, data structures, and data models
Preferred Experience
Currently possess a Top Secret security clearance
OS and kernel reverse engineering
Understanding of fuzzers
Strong understanding of dynamic analysis with gdb/gdbserver and similar tools
Basic understanding of processor tool chains and how to set them up
Understanding of emulation using Qemu for running binaries in a non-native environment
Experience identifying 0-days and vulnerabilities
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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