Senior Vulnerability Researcher & Reverse Engineer
Agile Defense15 days ago
Fort Meade, MD, USASenior
Base Salary
$155k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering on software, firmware, and hardware systems.
- Discover vulnerabilities using fuzzing, manual code review, and dynamic and static analysis.
- Reverse engineer applications and system components with disassemblers, debuggers, and binary analysis tools.
- Develop proof-of-concept exploits and assess vulnerability exploitability and operational utility.
- Analyze architectures, protocols, security mechanisms, attack surfaces, and weakness patterns.
- Document technical findings, exploitation methods, and recommended capability development approaches.
- Brief capability developers and collaborate with development teams to translate research into operational tools.
- Apply offensive cyber expertise, including red and purple team operations, to mission-critical solutions.
- Monitor vulnerability disclosures, exploit techniques, and adversary tradecraft.
- Conduct limited TDY travel as required by the mission.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, with 10+ years of related professional experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 8+ years of related professional experience.
- Proficiency with IDA Pro, Ghidra, and/or Binary Ninja.
- Strong understanding of x86, x64, and ARM assembly language and processor architectures.
- Practical experience with WinDbg, GDB, and/or LLDB and dynamic analysis tools.
- Experience discovering vulnerabilities in compiled C, C++, and Rust applications.
- Understanding of memory corruption, logic flaws, race conditions, and other common vulnerability classes.
- Proficiency with AFL, libFuzzer, and/or Honggfuzz and corpus management.
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Ruby, or similar languages.
- Experience documenting technical research for technical and operational audiences.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly.
Benefits
- Employees are described as a priority within a collaborative company culture focused on support, integrity, innovation, and mission impact.
- The role is located in Fort Meade, Maryland, and requires limited TDY travel as mission needs require.
About Agile Defense
Agile Defense provides IT services and cybersecurity solutions for U.S. defense and federal civilian agencies, including digital transformation, systems integration, C4ISR support, data analytics, and cloud. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the privately held company is owned by Enlightenment Capital and operates across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Its work centers on securing sensitive missions and modernizing government technology environments through managed services and mission-focused engineering.