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Software Exploitation Engineer

Annapolis Junction, MD, USA

Job Type

Full Time

Workspace

On-site at customer SCIF

About the Role

Stackpiercer Labs is seeking a skilled and motivated exploit researcher and developer with an active TS/SCI clearance and full-scope polygraph (preferred) or CI poly with sufficient experience (min 5+ years of combined VR or exploit dev). This role invites career-oriented researchers and exploit developers to team with industry experts tackling the industry’s hardest problems. This position presents the opportunity to engineer tangible contributions to mission-critical tasks, discover new vulnerabilities in widely used software, and guide the development process of turning those vulnerabilities into working exploits.

Requirements

Required Skills
  • Expert proficiency in C/C++ and Python

  • Expert proficiency in one of the following platforms: Windows, Linux//Unix, Android

  • Proficiency with assembly (x86/x64/arm/aarch64)

  • Familiarity with modern software engineering practices (Scrum, Agile etc.)

  • Expert knowledge of cyber security systems, including networking, kernels, security subsystems (DEP, ASLR, ROP), etc.

  • Fundamental understanding of Vulnerability Research concepts (fuzzing, static analysis, dynamic analysis)

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Desired Skills
  • Ability to coordinate with customers, interpret and negotiate requirements, and communicate effectively with product stakeholders

  • Proficiency with modern vulnerability discovery and analysis toolkits, such as mutation, evolutionary, and taint fuzzers, instrumentation based fuzzing, and symbolic or solver-based fuzzing

  • Proficiency in a wide variety of real-world vulnerability development, such as the creation of PoCs of RCEs, LPEs, sandbox escapes, kernel security defeats, etc.

  • Advanced proficiency in Reverse Engineering and associated toolkits (Ghidra, IDA, Binary Ninja)

  • Advanced proficiency in application and kernel debugging, and associated toolkits (Windbg, gdb, etc)

  • Familiarity with taking proofs of concept and productizing them into working exploits

  • Familiarity with advanced Vulnerability Research topics such as symbolic execution, concolic execution, and automated tooling to conduct static analysis.

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Required Certificate and Qualifications
  • United States Citizen

  • Current TS/SCI Security Clearance

  • Current CI Polygraph

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About the Company

Stackpiercer Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Application
Active Security Clearance

Please send a copy of your resume to contact@stackpiercer.com

Submission Successful.

A member of the team will be in contact with you.

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839 Elkridge Landing Rd, Suite 206
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090

Tel: (410) 204-1234

Fax: (410) 231-7768

contact@stackpiercer.com

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