Principal Security Researcher
Integration Innovation, Inc.2 years ago
Arlington, VA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$142k - $222k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead security investigations from initial triage through root-cause analysis, exploitability assessment, proof-of-concept development, and reporting.
- Reverse engineer unfamiliar software and systems to identify vulnerabilities and assess their impact.
- Prioritize research and balance rapid assessments with deeper investigations.
- Review findings, exploits, and reports for technical accuracy, reproducibility, and clarity.
- Develop and improve LLM-assisted research workflows, including tool integration and evaluation.
- Mentor researchers and establish reusable tooling, documentation, and research standards.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience in security research, reverse engineering, exploit development, or closely related work, including substantial direct vulnerability research.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; additional years of experience may substitute for the degree.
- Record of independently completing complex investigations and producing reliable proof-of-concept exploits.
- Experience leading technical projects, reviewing research, or mentoring researchers.
- Hands-on familiarity with LLMs and agent harnesses, including their limitations and methods for validating results.
- Strong programming, debugging, and technical writing skills.
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Preferred experience includes building research teams, extending agent harnesses, or developing fuzzing and analysis infrastructure.
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About Integration Innovation, Inc.
Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3) provides engineering, training, cybersecurity, and modeling-and-simulation services for U.S. defense and aerospace programs and select commercial clients. The privately held, 100% employee-owned company, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, supports Army aviation, C5ISR, and flight/launch training, including lab integration and interoperability testing at Redstone Arsenal. Its business model centers on government services contracts and technology development engagements.