Zimperium

Detection Researcher/Security Engineer (iOS Focused)

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7 months ago
Remote, Argentina or Remote, EMEASenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, prototype, and implement iOS detection techniques and algorithms based on runtime and offline forensic data.
  • Analyze iOS internals, sysdiagnose data, encrypted backups, daemons, services, sandboxing, and code-signing mechanisms.
  • Develop and maintain internal tooling and automation for analysis, triage, and detection development.
  • Lead or participate in brainstorming sessions and focused sub-groups targeting advanced mobile threats.
  • Analyze customer-provided forensic data and provide technical reports, guidance, and remediation support.
  • Publish technical blog posts about emerging security risks and research findings.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated expertise in iOS operating system internals and using operating-system data to detect compromised devices.
  • Experience applying data analysis methods to forensic investigations.
  • Proficiency with reverse engineering using IDA Pro, Ghidra, Hopper, or equivalent tools, including scripting and SDK use.
  • Strong programming experience in C, Python, Objective-C, and Swift, with the ability to produce efficient, maintainable, and secure code.
  • Ability to approach analysis from both offensive and defensive security perspectives.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively, lead focused technical sub-groups, and deliver research objectives.
  • Experience reverse engineering proprietary protocols and interprocess communication such as XPC, mach messages, and IOKit is a plus.
  • Knowledge of jailbreak methods and iOS exploit classes, including kernel exploits, sandbox escapes, and code-signing bypasses, is highly desirable.

Tech Stack

CiOSObjective-CPythonSwift

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