Offensive Cyber Capability Developer and Vulnerability Researcher
Booz Allen Hamilton19 days ago
Annapolis Junction, MD, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$113k - $257k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop advanced offensive cyber capabilities and bespoke tooling for operators and analysts.
- Conduct hands-on vulnerability research, including fuzzing, software analysis, and zero-day vulnerability discovery.
- Perform software reverse engineering across diverse platforms using tools such as Ghidra.
- Identify, analyze, and exploit software vulnerabilities and support exploit development.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary offensive cyber team on mission-critical national security work.
Requirements
- At least four years of experience as a subject matter expert in a core platform area such as Windows, Linux, mobile, or infrastructure.
- At least four years of software development experience, including Python and C.
- Experience developing or maintaining offensive cyber tools.
- Experience with software reverse engineering and tools such as Ghidra.
- Experience with vulnerability research and fuzzing.
- Ability to identify, analyze, and exploit software vulnerabilities.
- Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Preferred experience includes zero-day vulnerability discovery, Rust or Ruby programming, AI-assisted development, and offensive cyber missions in military or agency environments.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards and comprehensive employee benefits for eligible employees.
- Onsite work in Annapolis Junction, Maryland; the posting states that remote work is not available.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).